Re: When was Gregorian calendar right?

On May 1, 6:03 am, "Androcles" <Headmas...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> It was never "right", it is an approximation as you've pointed out.
> For time spans in the order of 2000 years it is good enough to have
> a leap day every four years (but not every century) simply because
> society finds it convenient to use integers. In a human life span

Its also incapable predicting eclipses more than 2000 years ago.
Actually recorded eclipses from BC are used to calibrate the
calender further back.