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Posted by "Kristen G. Thorson" on 07/07/05 19:12
Philip Hallstrom wrote:
>> of leap years between the two dates. Leap years occur every 4 years,
>> and 17 / 4 = 4.25, so there were 4 leap years between 7/6/88 and
>> 7/6/05 and
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> Just to nitpick... :-)
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year
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> The Gregorian calendar adds an extra day to February, making it 29
> days long, in years where the quotient has no remainder when divided
> by 4, excluding years where the quotient has no remainder when divided
> by 100, but including years where the quotient has no remainder when
> divided by 400. So 1996, 2000, and 2400 are leap years but 1800, 1899,
> 1900 and 2100 are not.
>
Touche!
One more reason not to use the OP's method but rather the one posted by
Richard Lynch.
kgt
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