Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!bill From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Re: Date Algorithm - (nf) Message-ID: <86@utastro.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 15:20:07 EST Article-I.D.: utastro.86 Posted: Mon Feb 6 15:20:07 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 00:23:59 EST References: <933@minn-ua.UUCP> Organization: UTexas Astronomy Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 12 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. -- Bill Jefferys 8-% Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 (USnail) {ihnp4,kpno,ctvax}!ut-sally!utastro!bill (uucp) utastro!bill@ut-ngp (ARPANET)