Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Jun 1998 18:46:08 -0600 (MDT) | From | seth <> | Subject | Re: Y2K |
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On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> Yes, but that's OK, because the 2000 *is* a leap year. (It's divisible > by 100, but years which are divisible by 400 are an exception to the > divisible by 100 rule, so while 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, 2000 > is a leap year). > Please don't tell this to your local astronomer! They'll tell you a leap year is divisble by 4 not 100 and a leap century is divisble by 400.
Seth
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