# Puzzler puzzler **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [August 27, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-puzzler/94998 "2016-08-27T12:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-puzzler/94998/1 "2016-08-27T12:29:48Z")
Something I just read (can’t tell you what without spoiling the puzzle) reminded of an old cartalk puzzle: At an antique auction, one of the items that came up for sale was a child’s sled. It was a hand-made sled, a wooden sled that the auctioneer claimed was made by none other than George Washington himself. The auctioneer turned the sled over and read the following inscription carved into one of the wooden slats: G. Washington, September 10, 1752. However, someone in the crowd stood up and said it’s a fake. How did that person know? b ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-puzzler/94998/2 "2016-08-28T01:23:20Z")
My guess, there was no September 10 in 1752, it was during the period when we adjusted from one calendar to another. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-puzzler/94998/3 "2016-08-28T03:05:23Z")
The Gregorian calendar was first proposed in 1582 and adopted in 1752. ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-puzzler/94998/4 "2016-08-28T18:13:23Z")
Mike, different countries adapted it at (very) different times. Spain was first at 1582 British empire, including US in 1752 (Wednesday, 2 September 1752, was followed by Thursday, 14 September 1752) Sweden in 1753 Bulgaria in 1916 Greece in 1923 I can’t imagine how people kept track of international dates in that interval from 1582 to 1923 !!