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  • Subject: Re: Feb 29, 2000
  • From: Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:38:28 -0400


Joe the equation basically begins with divide by 400
IF no remainder STOP = Leap Year

Since 2000 divides evenly by 4 your current leap year
divide by 4 routines should still work. Unless you were
doing some xx00 testing before <??>

At 11:25 AM 9/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I thought the leap year rule stated that any year evenly divisible
>by 4 was a leap year unless it was also evenly divisible by 400
>and then it wasn't. That would make 1700, 1800 and 1900 leap
>years, but 2000 wouldn't be. Yet everywhere I look, it shows a
>Feb 29th in 2000 (calendars, PIM software, OS/400 date data
>types, etc). I seem remember a thread on this list a while back
>and it was stated that 2000 wasn't a leap year. Can anyone set
>me straight here.
>
>Joe Teff
>




Regards,

Glenn
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