Re: 1600 - ,missing days - was Feb 29, 2000

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxx>]

Ray Peterson wrote:
> 
> actually it was in 1582 and it marked the "end" of the "Julian"
> calendar and the beginning of the "Gregorian" calandar!  As noted
> below, there is also a "Common Centenial Year" rule that says that any
> year divisible by 4000 is not a leap year.  Of course, it's unlikely
> any software written today will still be in use in 4000. 

Unlikly for Visual Basic maybe, but COBOL? Probably still ticking.

;-)


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