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<br>The Julian calendar continues after any certain date, and is still used today for various purposes.
<br>The Gregorian calendar is proleptic (so there're no "missing" days in it, no matter when it was adopted).
:Nevertheless, the Gregorian calendar is discontinuous.
:First, it's discontinuous based on where the results of the program are being understood. Second, it's discontinuous because it was not used before certain dates (which depend on location).
:It's true that some of these discontinuities can be interpreted as being an artifact of the transition from Julian calendar to Gregorian calendar, but that doesn't eliminate the discontinuities, it only labels them. (And, also, we can legitimately say that all days before its adoption are "missing" from it.)
:Also, "where the results of the program are being understood" can be awkward to implement. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 18:26, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
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