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Public Calendar Intercalation Flag Tool

Check a year against an explicit public-calendar intercalation list without choosing or computing a religious calendar rule.

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Description

Require bounded integer year and intercalaryYears, then return exact membership of year in the supplied list.

Calendar coordinates depend on an era, origin, day-start rule, and sometimes an arithmetic rather than observational convention. A supplied coordinate difference does not resolve those choices.

Require bounded integer year and intercalaryYears, then return exact membership of year in the supplied list.

When to use this tool

Use Public Calendar Intercalation Flag when you need a documented calendar convention or source-coordinate comparison.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter year, intercalaryYears. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read intercalary. Inspect intercalary before interpreting the associated values.

Require bounded integer year and intercalaryYears, then return exact membership of year in the supplied list.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
yearYear under the stated calendar and supported numeric bounds.Required. Safe integer; minimum -100000; maximum 100000.
intercalaryYearsIntercalary YearsRequired. Array of safe integer; maximum items 256.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
intercalaryIntercalaryRequired. Boolean.
json
{
  "input": {
    "year": 2026,
    "intercalaryYears": [
      2024,
      2026,
      2029
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "intercalary": true
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • This does not calculate leap rules, astronomical intercalation, or the correct year list for any calendar tradition.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
  • Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Consult the source calendar and authoritative date information for actual observance, conversion, or historical dating.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: religious-studies/public-calendar-intercalation-flag — tool.io

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