addmonth problem

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:12:57 -0400):

> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 05:07:19PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>> Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:33:37 -0400):
>> [...]
>> >Well, if you wanna be *picky*, "one month" is not a *duration* which
>> >you can add to a date.  Is "one month" 30 days?  31?  28?
>> >
>> >29?
>>
>> Of course it's a "duration", it's just not a "*fixed* duration".  :-)
>>
>> >The problem is that the underlying definition is made up in the first
>> >place.
>>
>> You could say that about just about anything.
>
> Floccinaucinihilipificator.

I'm not sure that's a cromulent word.  ITYM "floccinaucinihilipilificator".

> My point is that month (and to a lesser extent, year) are the non-fixed
> periods of time.  Day, Hour, Minute, Week; they're all exact.

True (except for day*), but they're still "made up in the first place".


(*) Some days are 24 hours 1 second long.  And let's not get into a
     discussion of _which_type_ of "day" (or even "year") we're talking
     about.

     http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/12/31/

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