Re: [at-l] Leap Year?

[Rick Bombaci <rpb@eoni.com>]

At 01:29 PM 2/21/00 -0600, Phil Heffington wrote:
>Just to give you hikers a chance to prove to others that we are not just a
>bunch of dummies, do you know why the year 2000 is a leap year and the years
>of 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200 and 2300 are (or were) not?
>
>Answer:  It is the quadricentenial exception to the centenial exception to
>the quadrenial exception to the rule that a year is 365 days long.
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I'll have to remember that one in case I ever get on a TV quiz show...

R.
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