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@torresjrjr Wait a minute... on number 5: How could a month ever not start and end in the same year?

Week, sure. But months shouldn't overlap years.

@LouisIngenthron
A commenter wrote:

> possibly because before 1752 in England, the year started on the 25th March. As such, 1751 only had 282 days in it.

> web.archive.org/web/2007083012

Though with regards to the standardized ISO 8601 Gregorian calendar, I can't see how that's the case, unless we factor in timezones, in which case maybe it's something to do with the international date line.

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