[NTLK] Did I miss the memo?

[Kate C]

I think Forrest meant that you would want to set it as a year that has the same calendar as 2025, not 2024 - which was the original suggestion by Denis 

Cheers
Kate

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> On 5 Jan 2025, at 12:58 pm, Avi Drissman <avi at drissman.com> wrote:
> 
> Trying to get an 85-year span surely was intended as a joke. NewtonScript
> integers are 30 bits, so isn't the biggest time span you'd be able to do
> 2³⁰ seconds ≅ 34 years? It's been a while since I've poked at time code,
> tho.
> 
>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dennis, wouldn't you want to set the date to 1941--2024+1=2025,
>> 1940+1=1941 ?
>> 
>> Does that sound right?
>> 
>> Mahalo,
>> Forrest
>> 
>> Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 15 Pro
>> 
>>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 3:35 PM, Peter Fraser via NewtonTalk <
>> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, now you need to tell us the title or other identifying
>> information so that some of us can read it, too!
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> — Peter
>>> pjfraser at mac.com
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 2:10 PM, Grant Hutchinson via NewtonTalk <
>> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 3:00 PM, Dennis Swaney via NewtonTalk <
>> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> “The 2024 calendar will be a perfectly identical match to the 1996
>> calendar. The seven years that share the same calendar in the current
>> 200-year timeframe include 1940, 1968, 1996, 2024, 2052, 2080 and 2120,
>> according to timeanddate.com.”
>>>>> 
>>>>> So if you set the year to 1940, you should be safe for the next 85
>> years?
>>>> 
>>>> I love a good chronological hack.
>>>> 
>>>> (Ever so slightly related to this, I just finished reading a 900 page
>> anthology of science fiction time travel stories.)
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks, Dennis!
>>>> 
>>>> g.
>>>> 
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