GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 603179
year 0 shouldn't exist in calendar
Last modified: 2013-10-17 07:26:05 UTC
Originally reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/421461: I notice that in the gnome clock, there is the year 0. It shouldn't exist in the calendar. The year zero just doesn't exist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero
Please always provide exact steps to reproduce and the version used. ==> NEEDINFO.
The steps seemed self explanatory. If you click on the calendar applet in the gnome-panel, you can switch between the years by clicking on the arrows next to the year (At the moment that is "2009"). The launchpad bug is about the fact that you are able to choose the year 0 (zero). Which shouldn't be the case, when looking at the Wikipedia article: >>> "Year zero is not used in the widely used Gregorian calendar, nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar. Under those systems, the year 1 BC is followed by AD 1. [...]" <<< Version is 2.28.0.
(In reply to comment #2) > If you click on the calendar applet in the gnome-panel, you can switch between > the years by clicking on the arrows next to the year (At the moment that is > "2009"). And you clicked 2008 times to find this bug, or how can I reproduce?
I didn't find this bug (the reporter at launchpad did), but I could reproduce it as you say by clicking 2008 times (or holding down the mouse button for some time).
Heh. :-) I'm missing a usecase here and propose WONTFIX.
Well, the original reporter says >>>it's not really a "problem"...<<< (That's why I set it to "minor"). It might be kind of amusing that someone figured it out and I will leave it to you whether it is worth to be fixed in any way. Regards.
To find this "bug" I made a little python script, like this: import os while 1: os.system("xdotool click 1") Then move the cursor to the calendar applet. (That a not-clean solution, but it works...) Thanks.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 166465 ***