[R] julian() and numerical noise

[Andreas Eckner]

Hi,

does anybody know if the following behavior of julian() is intentional?

 >   julian(2, 1, 2012) - julian(2 - 1e-15, 1, 2012)
[1] 1
 >   julian(2, 1, 2012) - julian(2, 1 - 1e-15, 2012)
[1] 0
 >   julian(2, 1, 2012) - julian(2, 1, 2012 - 1e-15)
[1] 0

In other words, julian() is subject to numerical noise in the 'day' 
argument, but not in the 'month' and 'year' argument? Another example:

 >   julian(2 - 1e-15, 1, 2012) - julian(1 - 1e-15, 1, 2012)
[1] 30

Thanks,
Andreas