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- From: alan@essex.ac.uk [Alan M Stanier]
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- Subject: Re: 29 Feb 2000?
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 10:49:50 GMT
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- Also sprach M.E.Bullivant@bradford.ac.uk (Martin Bullivant)
- }Yes there will be a 29th February 2000, 3000 and 4000 (any year divisible by
- }1000)
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- }Leap years occur in every year divisible by 4 EXCEPT if it's divisble by 100.
- }However years divisible by 400 ARE leap years.
- }
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- So how does 3000 make it?
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