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===Which Way is Better?=== | ===Which Way is Better?=== | ||
How accurate do you wish your date of birth to be. The 30 day month method assumes that all months have 30 days, whereas the calendar month method uses the amount of days for each month. The 30 day month matches the old '''8870''' hand method used for centuries before calculators were invented, and is more likely to correspond to the date you are looking for. <br> | |||
Some believe that the dates and ages calculated and found on tombstones uses the 30 day month method.<ref> searchforancestors.com ''Tombstone Birthday Calculator'', http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html, accessed 25 June 2021. Quote: "While you may think the calendar month method may be more reliable, be aware that many of the headstone and obituary ages at death appear to have been computed using the 30-day-month method. (The 30-day-month method assumes that all months have 30 days. It's an approximation which agrees with the calendar month method about 2/3 of the time.)"</ref> The '''8870''' or 30-day-month method seems to give the correct birth date. | |||
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