How to Convert 5-Digit Julian Dates to Regular Dates in Excel. The Julian date format is a five digit number broken into two parts: a two-digit representation of the year followed by a three-digit ...

It’s essentially the Julian calendar, but with a new rule: All years divisible by four are to be leap years except for century years, which must be divisible by 400 to be leap years.

In the Julian calendar, the new year began on March 25. So March 24, 1701 would be followed directly by March 25, 1702. The Gregorian calendar, as we know today, begins on January 1.

The Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has approved switching to the new Julian calendar from Sept. 1. It means the Church will celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 7.

The Julian calender dates back to 45 BC, when the solar year first was fixed at 365 days long plus one extra day every four years. But that calculation still is 11 minutes off, and over the years ...