Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Jan 2000 10:01:36 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: February 30th 2000 |
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On 12 Jan 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Followup to: <200001122154.OAA07786@webber.adilger.net> > By author: Andreas Dilger <adilger@home.com> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > Daniel writes: > > > This year we're going to have the day February 30th and neither Linux, AIX, > > > Windows NT, 98, 95 know this problem. Feb30th happens each 400 years (Last > > > time we had that was year 1600). There's a webpage (in portuguese) from IDG > > > http://www.uol.com.br/idgnow/corp/corp2000-01-10e.shl (you can translate it > > > at http://babelfish.altavista.com/cgi-bin/translate) > > > > This is totally wrong. The year 2000 is not even a leap year (i.e. NO Feb 29 > > either), so your source of information is incorrect. It is completely > > unlikely that all of these independently created OSs have gotten this wrong, > > despite what one thinks of some of them. > > > > 2000 is a leap year. A regular one. On the Gregorian calendar, 1700, > 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200 and 2300 are not leap years, but 1600, 2000, > and 2400 are. Note that when a certain jurisdiction switched to the > Gregorian calendar is, at one level, irrelevant -- it is > perfectly legitimate to refer to the year 400 on the Gregorian > calendar being a leap year, despite the fact that the Gregorian > calendar was invented in the 16th Century AD. > > -hpa > --
Err. My calendar seems okay to me <grin>. Some folks believe everything they see in text. Especially if it was presented on a computer screen.
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Cheers, Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.3.36 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips).
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