Re: Year 2000 Issue

[Les Fraley <les@lamar.ColoState.EDU>]

On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Don Haes wrote:
 
> What's "illegal" about Feb 29?
> 
> Donald Haes, Jr., CHP
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> haes@mit.edu
> 
There is no 29 Feb in 2000.  Leap year, which assumes there are 365.25 d/y
but there are really closer to 365.24 d/y, is skipped every 100 y to
(partially) make up the difference.  Incidentally, one second will be
added to 30 June 97 to account for a small accumulation of time error.
Les Fraley
les@lamar.colostate.edu