Watermelon contains dietary fiber for digestive health as well as potassium, a mineral that helps keep blood pressure capped, says Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD, Health's contributing nutrition editor. No wonder there's a month-long holiday dedicated to itâJuly is National Watermelon Month.
Home Â» IT and Miscellaneous Â» Julian Date. A Julian date(JD) is the elapsed time in days and fractions of a day since January 1, 4713 BC Greenwich noon. The purpose of the Julian date is to make it easy for computing difference between one calendar date and another calendar date.
Because the Julian year is longer than the tropical year by about 11.3 minutes on average (or 1 day in 128 years), the calendar drifted with respect to the two equinoxes â such that in AD 300 the spring equinox occurred on about 21 March, and by AD 1500 it had drifted backwards to 11 March.