January 0

January 0 is an alternative name for December 31.

In an ephemeris

January 0 refers to the day before January 1 in an annual ephemeris. It keeps the date in the year for which the ephemeris was published, thus avoiding any reference to the previous year, even though it is the same day as December 31 of the previous year.

January 0 also occurs in the epoch for the ephemeris second, "1900 January 0 at 12 hours ephemeris time".[1] 1900 January 0 (at Greenwich Mean Noon) was also the epoch used by Newcomb's Tables of the Sun, which became the epoch for the Dublin Julian day.[2]

In software

In Microsoft Excel, the epoch of the 1900 date format is January 0, 1900.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Leap Seconds". Time Service Department, United States Naval Observatory. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  2. ↑ Ransom, Jr., David H. (November 19, 1989). "Program ASTROCLK: Astronomical Clock and Celestial Tracking Program with Celestial Navigation". p. 110.
  3. ↑ Lowe, Scott (May 11, 2007). "How do I... Perform basic formatting in Excel 2003?". TechRepublic.
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