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    Why are some months 31, 30 and some 29 or 28 days long and not a fixed number of days?

    Question #35273. Asked by student. (Jun 08 03 1:47 PM)


    mk2norwich

    		It's all rather complicated, and rather than trying to summarize it here, I'll refer you to the following link:

    .http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/Calendar.html


    Jun 08 03, 2:03 PM
    student

    		thanks it's going to take me a while!!
    you put a period before the 'http://'

    Jun 08 03, 2:07 PM
    Norry

    		Ah, so I did. McG, please do me a tiny favour and 're-post to fix link' - There's a rayon ball in it for you if you do.... {;)}

    Jun 08 03, 2:18 PM

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