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Sat.,  Dec 25, 2010
MJD 55555.419722
Day of year 359
UTC has no time zones. It is the same world-wide.

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The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar. It came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year (known at least since Hipparchus).
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