Re[2]: the year 2000 -- is the tp750 bios ready for it?

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rdslon01@mik.uky.edu (rodney d slone) writes:
|> Well it will be 2/28/2000 -> 2/29/2000 because if           
|> year mod 400 == 0 then leap year
|> else if 
|> year mod 100 == 0 then not leap year 
|> else if
|> year mod 4 == 0 then leap year
|> else not leap year
     
Looks like the US IRS came up with these rules!
     
     The reason for the leap years is that the calendar "drifts" in regards 
     to the equinoxes.  That is why Othrodox Christmas is in January. The 
     fractional part of the number of days in a year causes the drift.
     
     The rules use to be simpler but drift still occurred. The rules were 
     then made more complex to make the drift even less. The simpler 
     version would work if the year was exactly 365.25 days.
     
     73 Eric WB1HBU
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From: Jeffrey Friedl <jfriedl@nff.ncl.omron.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 11:08:45 +0900
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To: rdslon01@mik.uky.edu
Cc: lee@rmii.com, husc.harvard.edu!chan4@rmii.com, cs.utk.edu!tp750@rmii.com
In-Reply-To: rodney d slone's message of Mon, 15 Jan 1996 20:54:32 -0500 <9601160
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Subject: Re: the year 2000 -- is the tp750 bios ready for it?
Reply-To: jfriedl@omron.co.jp