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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: Re: Date Algorithm - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 15:20:07 EST
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The question was whether common date algorithms will die in the
year 2000.  Actually, probably not since, unlike the century
years 1700, 1800 and 1900, the year 2000 *is* a leap year.  2100
is *not* a leap year, so if one has naively programmed the date
algorithm to count a leap year every 4 years, it is likely that
it will work until then.
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	Bill Jefferys  8-%
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