Re: [Feb 29, 2000]

[Dan <dantanabanana@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Almost.  2000 _is_ a leap year.  1600 was a leap year.  1700, 1800, 1900 were
_not_ leap years.

"Joe Teff" <jteff19@idt.net> wrote:
> I thought the leap year rule stated that any year evenly divisible
> by 4 was a leap year unless it was also evenly divisible by 400
> and then it wasn't. That would make 1700, 1800 and 1900 leap
> years, but 2000 wouldn't be. Yet everywhere I look, it shows a
> Feb 29th in 2000 (calendars, PIM software, OS/400 date data
> types, etc). I seem remember a thread on this list a while back
> and it was stated that 2000 wasn't a leap year. Can anyone set
> me straight here.
> 
> Joe Teff
> 
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