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What Are Julian Dates And Why Does QuikTrip Use Them?

TULSA, OK -- Bet you didn’t know Tuesday, June 15th, is day 166 on the Julian Date Calendar. QuikTrip uses Julian Dates to help manage freshness of items they make and sell. The News On 6 received a ...
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On the Julian Calendar, Church Tradition, and Standing for the Faith

Christmas and New Year is a time when many Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian (old) calendar wonder why they do so; or rather, those who follow the Gregorian (new) calendar wonder why the old ...
Florida Today

Think Feb. 29, leap year and leap day are rare? Feb. 30 was a real date in history. Twice

The rare date Feb. 29 is coming up − and though it only crops up every four years, it is indeed real. But what about Feb. 30 or March 32? Sorry, folks. Those are ...
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UK supermarket Tesco baffles customers by using archaic calendar for best-before date

A confused customer contacted UK grocer Tesco on Tuesday due to purportedly being perplexed by the printed information on a packet of relish. Matthew Storck had purchased a packet of Tesco brand ...
The Sun

Tesco confuses shopper with best-before date that must be decoded using Julian calendar

TESCO has baffled a shopper by claiming the best-before date of one of its products should be decoded using the Julian calendar. Twitter user Matthew Stock asked the supermarket what exactly it meant ...