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- From: jmorris@spider.co.uk (John Morris)
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- Subject: Re: 29 Feb 2000?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.162532.18019@spider.co.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:25:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.172025.14783@bradford.ac.uk> M.E.Bullivant@bradford.ac.uk (Martin Bullivant) writes:
- >Peter Allott (peter@serv2.essex.ac.uk) wrote:
- >: Will there be a 29 Feb 2000?
- >:
- >: The cal program thinks so!
- >:
- >: As it also thinks 29 Feb 4000 will exist It's clearly wrong
- >: some where.
- >:
- >: What is the correct rule? Do all countries agree????
- >
- >
- >Yes there will be a 29th February 2000, 3000 and 4000 (any year divisible by
- >1000)
- >
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- Not 3000 - That will not be a leap year.
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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.
- >
- >I.E. 1600 - Leap Year
- > 1700 - Not A Leap Year
- > 1800 - Not A Leap Year
- > 1900 - Not A Leap Year
- > 2000 - Leap Year
- >
- 3000 - Not a leap year (just you wait and see...)
-
- John.
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