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#1 2012-12-20 23:48:40
Days and Dates
How do you attack questions like this: What was the day on 15 March, 1993?
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#2 2012-12-20 23:58:18
- bobbym
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Re: Days and Dates
Hi Agnishom;
Zeller's congruence is what I use.
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#3 2012-12-21 00:15:36
Re: Days and Dates
Is it like modular arithmetic?
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#4 2012-12-21 00:31:17
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Re: Days and Dates
Yep!
With h as the day of the week (0 = Saturday, 1 = Sunday, 2 = Monday, ...)
q is the day of the month
m is the month (3 = March, 4 = April, 5 = May, ..., 14 = February)
K the year of the century (year mod 100)
J is the century floor( year/100 )
For example, in 1995 the century would be 19, even though it was the 20th century.
In this algorithm January and February are counted as months 13 and 14 of the previous year. E.g. if it is February 2, 2010, the algorithm counts the date as the second day of the fourteenth month of 2009 (02/14/2009 in DD/MM/YYYY format)
This is an improvement from Wikipedia.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#5 2012-12-21 01:37:19
Re: Days and Dates
floor?
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#6 2012-12-21 01:42:38
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Re: Days and Dates
Hi,
There has been a discussion before : http://mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=15927&p=1
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#7 2012-12-21 03:48:03
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Hi gAr,
Thanks for that
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#8 2012-12-21 05:14:24
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You're welcome.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
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#9 2012-12-21 06:49:41
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Re: Days and Dates
Hi gAr;
Missed you, I was napping.
Hi Agnishom;
Did you get a formula to work?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#10 2012-12-22 03:40:25
Re: Days and Dates
Not yet, what does the floor function mean?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#11 2012-12-22 03:43:09
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Re: Days and Dates
Hi;
It means round down.
floor(100.2) -> 100
floor(-3.5) -> - 4
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#12 2012-12-22 03:46:26
Re: Days and Dates
like an int() function?
I see
Catch ya, later. I am tired today
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#13 2012-12-22 03:48:10
Re: Days and Dates
Do I have to memorise the formula?
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#14 2012-12-22 03:49:11
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Re: Days and Dates
Depends on the implementation. Check to see how the language you are going to use does on the two examples I gave.
Okay, get some rest.
Memorize it for what? To do it in your head?
Try this page,
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#15 2012-12-22 16:24:57
Re: Days and Dates
Hmm... to do it in my head
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#16 2012-12-22 21:53:23
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Hi Agnishom;
So, you want to impress people! Did you check the link I gave you?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#17 2012-12-22 22:13:39
Re: Days and Dates
How about dates before 2000?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#18 2012-12-22 22:14:42
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Re: Days and Dates
There is a chart that gives a correction factor.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#19 2012-12-31 00:27:02
Re: Days and Dates
I can do it now. Thanks for helping
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#20 2012-12-31 01:53:08
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Hi Agnishom;
Very good! Happy New Year to you.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#21 2012-12-31 18:44:50
Re: Days and Dates
Happy New Year
And if I haven't told already, I have returned home
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#22 2013-01-01 01:46:37
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Re: Days and Dates
I figured that. I am glad to have helped you.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#23 2013-01-01 02:01:17
Re: Days and Dates
Thank You, bobbym.
How about my new question in the other thread?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#24 2013-01-01 02:15:44
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Re: Days and Dates
I have seen the solution to that awhile back but do not remember it. I will see if I had the brains to write it down somewhere. Right now, I am handling a bunch of spammers and 2 other problems. I will follow up there when I hopefully get something.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#25 2013-01-01 02:19:08
Re: Days and Dates
Okay..I shall be waiting... Thanks
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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