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From: rouillard@acm.org (Jacques Rouillard)
Subject: Re: How to convert an Fixed_Point to to an Integer ?
Date: 1996/12/30
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Date: 1996-12-30T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <2safqwb3jc.fsf@hpodid2.eurocontrol.fr>, Steve Jones - JON
<jon@hpodid2.eurocontrol.fr> wrote:


> Each century is not a leap year (eg 1900 wasn't) but Millenia ARE leap years
> so 2000 will be one. This has nicely made writting calendar progs a little
> simpler as you don't have to do a /100 check for a limited span product
> (eg 1970 -> 2099).  I'd guess he stops at 2099 for just that reason. The check
> is quite simple but why add code when a comment suffices ?

Not only millenia but all centuries multiple of 400. 2000 will be the
second time it happens since the 1582 reform. 

Yours,

Jacques

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