Re: Year 2000 leap year?

KRKnight wrote: > > Is the year 2000 a leap-year? I know this has been hashed over many times > but I was wondering if any decision was "officially" made. The way it > looks, Informix Online 7.12.UC1 allows the date "02/29/2000" to be entered > into the system. Any news greatly appreciated. I don't think that any amount of hashing will affect this - it's been defined for several hundred years :-) Actually, 2000 *IS* a leap year. The algorithm is: if year is divisible by 4, it's a leap year - UNLESS it is also divisible by 100, and NOT divisible by 400 (I know there's a prettier way of saying that (I've even coded it prettier)), but what it means is: 2000 is a leap year 2100 is not 2200 is not 2300 is not 2400 (not that any of us, our children, etc. will worry about THAT one) is. HTH. Vic -- Victor Goldberg (607) 254-7441 Cornell Theory Center (607) 254-8888 (fax) 520 Rhodes Hall vic@tc.cornell.edu Ithaca, NY 14853