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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM DAYS.
DAYS is a program designed to assist genealogists in finding dates of named days and generally navigate in and between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The original program was in Danish and intended for Danish/Norwegian genealogists.

The database contains close to 5,000 names of days etc. The major part of these names are in Latin, many are in Danish, some in Norwegian, a few in Swedish, and some in German. The duchies Slesvig (Schleswig) and Holstein were part of the Danish Monarchy until 1864 and the German language was not uncommon in Danish towns up through the first half of the 19th century. In general the names are as they appear in Danish/Norwegian sources and include some names and feasts not found outside these countries. However, as most of the names are international (European), the program may also be of use outside the Scandinavian language area. .

The DAYS program has the following functions :

Display of calendar months. Julian (year 600-2099), Gregorian (year 600-2099) and the Republican calendar (Sep. 22nd 1792 - Dec. 31st 1804). One calendar only at a time.
Conversion of dates between Gregorian calendar and the two other calendars.
Information about movable feast days for all years in the Julian and the Gregorian calendar.
Information about the parameters of the years (Metonic Number, Dominical Letter etc.) for Julian and Gregorian calendar.
Look-up of close to 5000 names of days with automatic setting of the calendar to the right date or the first day of a period.
Display of all names registered for a given date, fixed as well as movable names.
Look-up of words connected with the calendar, old names for days, months etc.
Dates may be adjusted by x years, y months z weeks and s days in both directions from a fixed date. Optional correction for erroneous use of Julian calendar instead of Gregorian when computing age etc.
Optional use of national calendars that automatically shift between the Julian and the Gregorian calendars according to the shift dates in the respective countries. Calendars exist for Denmark/Norway, Faroe Islands/Iceland, Sweden, England/Scotland, France, Hungary, and Italy/Spain/Portugal/Poland.
The origin and basis of the calendars plus a lot more is explained in the extensive help-file .


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	The program is freeware and may be used by everyone. Program DAYS may not be used for any commercial purposes. The present version is 32-bits version 2.0 It will run under all Windows 32-bit versions but not under Windows 3.x. or Mackintosh software. The installation program InstallDays.exe may be downloaded by using the button below. When run it will install DAYS on your PC. If for some reason the Dovnload button does not work, please send an email to make arrangements for emailing the program to you.


Send comments or questions by using this button Copyright © O.C. Thygesen 2005 email: octhygesen@gmail.com Last updated October 2005