In a message dated 12/31/99 2:12:21 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Bkitterer@aol.com writes:
<< Now, all our 2000 calendars have February 29 on them. It seems that
somewhere back in school I learned that we didn't add the day in February
for
dates ending in 00. Is this a new way of figuring time, or is it a hype
thing like the 1999 millennium, or is it just that the people who should
know
better don't? >>
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Well, you are half right. You don't have a leap year in years ending in 00,
unless the year is divisible by 4. 2000 is divisible by 4, so it is a leap
year. This is all so intuitive, I thought everybody knew it! :-)
Happy new year!
Allen Hefner
SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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