Hebrew calendar leap year mistake

[Guest]

In the Hebrew calendar, a leap year contains an additional month. In a
regular year there is only one Adar, and in a leap year there are Adar I and
Adar II.

There is a mistake in Outlook. It considers Adar I as the 'regular' Adar and
Adar II as the added one, while it should be opposite - Adar II is the
regular one, and Adar I is the additional (Adar I always has 30 days, and
Adar/Adar II always have 29).

I noticed this problem when I added a recurring event on Adar (Purim
holiday), and on leap years it is shown on Adar I instead of Adar II, as is
traditionally celebrated.

Moreover, when I add an event on Adar II Outlook warns me that in regular
year it will be on the month before, because this is a leap month, and when I
add it to Adar I it doesn't show any message. This too should be opposite.

For more information on the Hebrew calendar see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar#Names_and_lengths_of_the_months

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[Milly Staples - MVP Outlook]

Hah! Microsoft has made so many errors with alternate calendars I am
actually surprised when they get one right. Your suggestion may or may not
make it to the right people in time but, in the meantime, here is an
alternate site with perhaps better configured holidays for import into
Outlook:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/missinghol.htm

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After furious head scratching, Orgad Shaneh asked:

| In the Hebrew calendar, a leap year contains an additional month. In a
| regular year there is only one Adar, and in a leap year there are
| Adar I and Adar II.
|
| There is a mistake in Outlook. It considers Adar I as the 'regular'
| Adar and Adar II as the added one, while it should be opposite - Adar
| II is the regular one, and Adar I is the additional (Adar I always
| has 30 days, and Adar/Adar II always have 29).
|
| I noticed this problem when I added a recurring event on Adar (Purim
| holiday), and on leap years it is shown on Adar I instead of Adar II,
| as is traditionally celebrated.
|
| Moreover, when I add an event on Adar II Outlook warns me that in
| regular year it will be on the month before, because this is a leap
| month, and when I add it to Adar I it doesn't show any message. This
| too should be opposite.
|
| For more information on the Hebrew calendar see
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar#Names_and_lengths_of_the_months
|
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| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
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| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...bce45&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring

 

[Guest]

Well, thanks for your reply, but this is not what I meant.

The Holidays file in Outlook is configured perfectly right (though it is
valid only until 2007), but the problem is with the base principles of leap
year, not with the Holidays file.

 

[Guest]

Another problem with the Hebrew calendar in Outlook that you may notice is
that Outlook cannot properly handle recurring appointments on the leap day of
a month that is malei (full). If I were to place the sixth day of Hanukah on
Kislev 30, then in years when the month of Kislev is haser (deficient)
Outlook will double up the sixth day of Hanukah with the fifth day of Hanukah