Re: Leap Year

> It was officially stated by the BBC - not known for their gaffes - > that > this is the last leap year for 8 years. So year 2000 is not going to > be > a leap year. However - SCO UNIX, INFORMIX, and even Microsoft allow > the > date to be set to Feb-29 2000. And if Bill Gates has decreed it I > guess > it must be right!!! > > I attempted to check this out using an encyclopeadia but it didn't say > anyhting beyond 400 year boundaries, and other people are quoting a > rule > about the millennium. If the whole computer industry has got it wrong > are we all going to have some fun in 4 years time? > I just called the National Institute of Standards & Technology and they said that if a century can be devided by 400 then it is a leap year. The year 2000 is divisible by 400 so it is a leap year. So Bill Gates is right for once :). David =========================================================================== David Sandmann ########### ########## ConferTech International, Inc. ## ##### 12110 N. Pecos #### ##### Westminister, CO 80234 ###### ##### Email: sandman@cfer.com ###### ##### Phone: 303-633-3094 ################## ##### Fax: 303-633-3001 ################ ### ############## # ===========================================================================