Re: [LEAPSECS] building consensus

From: David Malone <dwmalone_at_maths.tcd.ie>
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:37:50 +0100

> > I belive this was because the year followed the taxation cycle of the
> > government whereas the day+month followed the religiously inherited
> > tradtion.

> Indeed. For that matter, the start of the U.K. tax year was left alone
> when the calendar changed, and is now 6 April (it should be 7 April,
> but for whatever reason no adjustment for 1900 was made).

Unsurprisingly, Ireland originally followed the UK tax year. However,
in 2000 the tax year ran from April 6 until December 31. Since then
our tax year is in sync with the calendar year.

(I guess this is a recent example of calendar reform that went
relatively smoothly.)

        David.
Received on Wed Jun 07 2006 - 23:38:10 PDT