[Captain Walker]

Which is why Easter is this Sunday—first Sunday after the first full-moon of spring. Which is also why reforming the Julian calendar was so important to the Church in the 16th century. They had to know when spring was to know when to celebrate Easter.

If you ever at your desk looking for a subject to start a conversation about, go to www.timeanddate.com and adjust the calendars by year and place. Specifically, pull up the countries Italy and the United Kingdom, and compare the years 1582 and 1752. (Pull up 1918 Russia to boot.)

[hanamizu]

1752 was an interesting year in England. Not only did they lose 11 days, but New Years Day was shifted from March 25 to January 1. When George Washington was born it was on Feb. 11, 1731 but is now considered to be Feb. 22, 1732.