pep proposal : A date object for the standard library

[Laura Creighton]

> Peter Mayne wrote:
> > 
> > 00:00 o'clock, November
> > 17, 1858. This is the Smithsonian base date and time for the astronomical
> > calendar.
> 
> All right, so does anyone know why the Smithsonian
> chose this date? Does it correspond to any important
> celestial occurrence, or event in the history of
> astronomy?
> 
> -- 
> Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, University of Canterbury,	  
> Christchurch, New Zealand
> To get my email address, please visit my web page:	  
> http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg

No. Its Uglier than that.
http://www.kgb.com/dcl/199111.txt

Laura