Re: HELP! YEAR 2000 BUG: How will it affect you?
Posted in 1996
Topics: General Discussion
In article <01bbb87c$7411ce00$1de19ecd@jason.ricochet.net>, "Jason Massey" <jmassey@ricochet.net> wrote: >Where is this FAQ? I've heard about this problem often, but never seen any >official documentation regarding calendars. I guess you can't go past the Calender Act of 1751 (providing you're somehow governed by British Law, or a decendent of it): ftp://cathouse.org/pub/cathouse/urban.legends/legal/calender.act (It does contain the explicit statement that 2000AD will be a leap year). There is also a calender faq that is posted in news.answers once a month. I don't have the URL. It also describes the Jewish and Muslim calenders > >Gene Griswold <griswold@interserf.net> wrote in article ><325FAA1B.1D84@interserf.net>... >> Relax, you've got the rule wrong. According to the Naval Observatory >> FAQ, >> leap year IS skipped if it is a century year and NOT skipped if the year >> is evenly divisible by 400. Therefore, <snip> James Campbell Telstra Corporation jcampbel@vitgsysa.telstra.com.au /* All opinions are mine alone etc */