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[QUOTE="Dr J R Stockton, post: 3953975"]
In comp.lang.java.programmer message <had9qo$433$1@localhost.localdomain
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One hoped you have merely through ignorance misquoted or carelessly
misphrased; Healton should be reliable.  MJD 0 was between the Indian
Mutiny and the American Civil War.

Julian Date 0.0 is Monday BC 4713 Jan 1 12:00 GMT proleptic Julian.
Chronological JD 0.0 is 00:00 local time of that date.
   Modified dates have about 2.4e6 subtracted.
Modified JD 0.0 is Wednesday AD 1858 Nov 17 00:00 GMT.
Chronological MJD 0.0 is 00:00 local time of that date.

JD & MJD are established with utmost solidity; CJD & CMJD less so.

When my miscdate.htm was rendered in my browser, by my machine's clock
it was :-

* Local :   Mon, Oct 05 2009 20:54:11 GMT+0100
    * GMT/UTC : Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:54:11 GMT
    * JD   : 2455110.329
    * CJD  : 2455110.871 in UK
    * MJD  :   55109.829
    * CMJD :   55109.871 in UK

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