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From: math1i7@jetson.uh.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Leap Years
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Date: 10 Aug 90 11:54:35 CDT
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In article <31210047@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM>, scottb@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM (Scott_Burke) writes:
> 
> Would someone please verify that I have the leap year algorithm correct:
> 
>   February has 28 days UNLESS the year is divisible by   4, in which case
>   February has 29 days UNLESS the year is divisible by 100, in which case
>   February has 28 days UNLESS the year is divisible by 400, in which case
>   February has 29 days.

Scott, I have never heard about the 100 and 400 year rules... I had always
assumed that:
	IF 0 year 4 MOD == THEN 28 ELSE 29 END
Are the 100 and 400 year rules there to correct for the fraction of
a second off each year is from a "true" 365 or 366 days?

Gordon