Re: Determine birth date 6s0 format -- RPG400-L

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On 10/05/2008, at 5:23 AM, Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Yes they are...

No, they're not.

Every year that's divided by 100 that has no remainder is in fact a leap
year.

Wrong.

Why do you think there was a leap year in 2000 for?

Because it was evenly divisible by 400

There's exactly 25 leap years in a centry...

Nope.

I'm really not following this whole deal about 100 and 400 years...

That's the cause of your misunderstanding.

why not just divide by 4 and check the remainder. If 0 then it's a leap year.

Because it would give incorrect answers for so-called "century" years.

Unless I'm not unstanding the rules of leap year.

Bingo.

1900 would have been a leap year as was 2000.

1900/4 = 475.0
2000/4 = 500.0

Wrong. 1900 <> leap-year. 2000 == leap_year.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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