Re: Year 2000 Issue

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.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.

	This is wrong. The year is 365.242 days, so every 400 years a leap
year is added. Thus there will be a Feb.29 in 2000.