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- From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
- Subject: Re: 29 Feb 2000?
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:54:07 GMT
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- In article <2239@stalin> nic@uk.co.gec-mrc (Nick Chapman) writes:
- >Cal says that there was a February 29th in year 1700.
- >Is this because the 100 & 400 year rules hadn't yet started?
-
- Yes. England used the Julian calendar until 1752, where the rule
- was simply that every fourth year was a leap year. The extra days
- in years like 1700 were what caused the calendar to get eleven
- days behind.
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