RE: Year 2000 Issue

["Bodily, Craig" <cbodily@dugway-emh3.army.mil>]

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>There are a lot of special rules with the year 2000.  Generally there is a
>leap year (Feb 29) in every year that is divisible by four.  However, on the
>centuries you don't have a leap year -- unless the century is divisible by 4!
> Then you have a leap year on the century.  So, there is indeed a Feb 29 in
>the year 2000.
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>Craig Bodily
>bodilyc@trilobyte.net  
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>>>Just tried Excel from Office '95.
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>>>Excel goes from Dec 31, 1999 to Jan 1, 2000 correctly, bu adds the
>>>illegal Feb 29, 2000.
>>>
>>>Hopefully Office '97 gets it right.
>>>-- 
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>>What's "illegal" about Feb 29?
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>Though you usually put in a Feb 29 every 4 years there are some special
>years like 2000 where this is *not* done. So 2000 has no Feb 29.
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