Date: 21 Feb 1998 13:10:35 -0000
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From: b52g AT usa DOT net (JP Morris)
Subject: Re: Y2K fix
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>I have a question about this year 2000 fix.  Does the kernel recognize
>the year 2000 as a leap year?  If it does then you've got one more thing
>to fix.  Look in any Almanac and it will tell you that there is not a
>February 29th in that year because it is not divisible right or something
>like that.  Just thought I'd let you know.
>

The year 2000 IS a leap year.

A leap year is every 4 years with an exception if the year ends with 00.
However there is a further exception that allows a leap year at the turn of
the century every 400 years.

At least, this is what we are going on.

Because the kernel doesn't support either of these exceptions they cancel
each other out and the kernel will work correctly.

Pope Gregor the 13th is responsible for all this...

Check out:  http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rsandler/Y2KFAQ.htm

This is long (>200k) but quite worth reading, especially if you haven't yet seen
how serious the Y2k problem is in general.

>
>Thanks,
>Philip Lettkeman    phil DOT man AT juno DOT com
>
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