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From: defaria@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Andy DeFaria)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Leap year function
Message-ID: <45670019@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com>
Date: 23 May 91 17:40:10 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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I got an idea.  The reason we  even have a  leap  year at  all is because a
year is slightly more than 365 days.  It's something like  365 days 5 hours
48 minutes and 46 seconds.  Why not simply do away with leap day altogether
and insert the 1/4 day after 12/31 of the year.   Make is a variable length
day to accomidate the changes in the earths rotation around the  sun.  Hell
I'm sure that most people would enjoy the  extra 1/4  for rest after a good
New Years Party! :-)