Re: [svlug] February 30th 2000

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 19:58:46 -0500

In message <LEBBJAINJCFIPFLCBCJCKEJCCFAA.lafraia@iron.com.br>, "Daniel
Lafraia"
writes:
+-----
| > Wrong. There is no February 30th ever. See
| > http://www.nist.gov/y2k/faq.htm
|
| Sorry, Feb 30th doesn't exist for a quite a few hundred years. The problem
+--->8

It doesn't exist. Period.

| February has 29 days when "year % 4 = 0", except when "year % 100 = 0" and
| NOT when "year % 400 = 0".
+--->8

...in which case February ends on the 28th as usual. What is so difficult
to understand about "not a leap year"?

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