Computation of time (Catholic canon law)
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For Bede the Venerable's treatise on the principles of ritual time, see The Reckoning of Time.
For other uses, see Computation of time.
In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the computation of time,[1] also translated as the reckoning of time[2] (Latin: supputatio temporis[2]), is the manner by which legally-specified periods of time are calculated according to the norm of the canons on the computation of time. The application of laws frequently involves a question of time: generally three months must elapse after their promulgation before they go into effect; some obligations have to be fulfilled within a certain number of days, or weeks, or months. Hence the need of the rules for the computation of time.[3]
With the Code of 1917 and the reformed Code of 1983, the legislator has formulated these rules with a clearness and precision that they never had before.[3]