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The major problem with this approach is that the time information in the Julian Day number is not contained strictly within the fractional part. An alternative definition of Julian Day number, which defined a fractional part of zero to indicate midnight, could use this system, but the Julian Day number is simply not defined that way. |
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The type int variables for hour, etc., could be converted to type char. The reasons for rejecting this solution are given above. |
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