According to the calendar, April 28 is the 118th day of the year. If President Obama was inaugurated on January 20, the 20th day of the year, can anybody explain why the media is celebrating President Obama's 100th day on his 99th day?
posted by eaglehound on Apr 29, 2009 - 7 answers

[leapdayfilter] Curiousity strikes: How many February 29ths have there been since the Julian Reform in 45BC? [more inside]
posted by myrrh on Feb 29, 2008 - 3 answers

I'm looking for people's past experiences visiting Julian, California. [more inside]
posted by AsRuinsAreToRome on Sep 20, 2007 - 14 answers

Excel problem. How do I convert the following number format. 106026 where from left - first digit is CENTURY. Next two are YEAR and last three are JULIAN DAY. So last example is CENTURY 1, YEAR 06, and 26th Julian day of the year. I would like to convert to to mm/dd/yy. Anyone have good Excel-fu for this?
posted by thimk on Jan 26, 2006 - 10 answers

Where can I buy a reasonably fresh Christmas tree on December 28? [more inside]
posted by PadrePuffin on Dec 17, 2005 - 8 answers

How do we know how long ago AD 1 was? Lots more to this bizarre question inside. [more inside]
posted by wackybrit on Jul 20, 2004 - 25 answers