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Inauguration Day in relation to other dates[edit]

In an inauguration year since 1937, does Inauguration Day (January 20) always fall on the same day of the week as Saint Patrick's Day (March 17) and Cinco de Mayo (May 5)? Also, does it always fall on the same day of the week as New Year's Day (January 1; unless the preceding year is not a leap year due to being a century year not divisible by 400), April Fools' Day (April 1), and Veterans Day (November 11) in the preceding (leap) year? Assuming that the current inauguration date will still be used by then, the exceptions for the case of January 1 at the beginning of centuries would be the following:

January 1, 2100, will be a Friday; while January 20, 2101, will be a Thursday
January 1, 2200, will be a Wednesday; while January 20, 2201, will be a Tuesday
January 1, 2300, will be a Monday; while January 20, 2301, will be a Sunday

GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 14:38, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Inauguration Day does not occur in a leap year, so whatever day of the week it occurs on will be the same relative to January 1, March 17, May 5, etc. of that same year. Be aware that when Jan 20 is on a Sunday, the Inauguration Day celebration occurs on Monday, but they still swear the president in on Sunday, so it might depend how you define "Inauguration Day". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:46, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I expect the next Inaururation Day to come well before Janurary 20, 2021.Hayttom (talk) 21:29, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

When a president is replaced mid-term, there's a private swearing-in, but no "inauguration day" festivities like is done every 4 years. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:36, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, Inauguration Day does not fall on the same day of the week as New Year's Day in that same year. It will, of course, fall on the same day of the week as New Year's Day of the preceding year (the one in which the presidential election is held) but only (as the OP points out) if the election takes place in a leap year. Conversely, Inauguration Days prior to 1937 fell on the same day of the week as New Year's Day of the year the election was held whenever the election was not held in a leap year. 92.233.138.253 (talk) 11:01, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... but only (as the OP points out) if the election takes place in a leap year ... - aren't U.S. Presidential elections (I assume that's what we're talking about) always held in leap years? The only historical exceptions were 1800 and 1900 (before the remit of this question), and the next non-leap election year won't be till 2100. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 12:21, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article Perpetual calendar would allow any person to find the days of the week for any particular date. --Jayron 32 12:41, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Coins of the Fijian dollar[edit]

I saw in google picture the newest version of the Fidji Dollar, the 50 Cent coin is definitely smaller now, it was once as big as the 50c Coin of NZD or AUD. My question ist, if that coin can be still used or if he is out of date? (you can find the old 50 Cent coin here
The newest Version which I saw on google pictures showed up all coins from 1$ down to 5 cent, looks like Fiji has stopped using 1 & 2 Cents?
And also the Banknotes, looks like Fiji has brought out a new version of them since I was there the last time (I have the Queen Elisabeth on the front, now they put animals and some bills changed their colour). Can I still change my old papers? --Saegen zeugen des sofas jehovas (talk) 15:44, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"In 2009, new smaller and lighter 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and $1 coins were introduced and the old 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents coins were demonetised on 30 June 2009. In December 2012, the RBF launched the flora and fauna series banknotes and coins and issued these into circulation from 02 January 2013. The changes included replacing the old green $2 note with a $2 coin. The old green $2 notes had to be withdrawn from circulation quickly to allow for transition to new green polymer $5 note which was issued from 02 April 2013. To ensure a successful and expedited withdrawal, the old green $2 notes were demonetised on 31 March 2013. The old brown $5 notes were later demonetised on 30 June 2013....

Members of the public that have old demonetised currency with them can have these exchanged to new currency by the RBF Tellers located in the Reserve Bank in Pratt Street, Suva, For those people out of Suva or overseas, they can also have their old demonetised currency exchanged to new currency and value paid to them by returning the old demonetised currency to the RBF using a Damaged/Mutilated/Old Design Banknote Claim Form which can be downloaded from the RBF website www.rbf.gov.fj."

See: Our Currency Story – The Process of Demonetisation of Currency, Part 3 - Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF)

Alansplodge (talk) 19:34, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]