Vernal Express | 1958-12-25 | Page 7 | Calendar Dates from 1582; Will Last until 2500 Section

calendar dates from 1582 will last until 2500 despite efforts from time to time to set up a now new method of marking time the gregorian calendar instituted by pope gregory in the year 1582 appears unlikely to be replaced for some time to come probably until at least 2500 A D mathematicians guarantee that the cal andar will be accurate until that time 1 the gregorian calendar still cosent please everybody dut but this thip is not unusual PC people ople like to be fussy about time once a year in many areas of tile the united states there is tile the annual squabble about tile the use of 0 daylight 0 saving time periodically period residents in one area who live in tile the edge of another time zone attempt to pet get the zones changed kentucky for example was the scene of such activity recently when re residents 11 or of several cities of that state tiring of switching each summer to daylight saving time attempted to get their clocks moved up an hour all year rebind by having the eastern time zone extended further westward our current method of keeping time takes into con cration Hid the solar year which actually consists of days 5 hours 40 41 minutes and 46 seconds because of tile the extra hours mint minutes ites arid and seconds it is required that the gregorian calendar contain a well ordered system of leap years to keep the calendar and tile the solar equinoxes equinox es congruent tile the gregorian calendar provides that years divisible by four exclusive of tile the years numbering the centuries shall have days arid and the t h e century making years shall ahall be leap years yearn only it if they ate divisible by four after the ciphers pliers ci have been removed