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Message no. 1
From: Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
Subject: Leap Year Debate - Say bye bye!
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:03:06 -0800
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Royal Greenwich Observatory
Information Leaflet No. 48: `Leap Years'
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/RGO/leaflets/leapyear/leapyear.html

The change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian involved the change of
the simple rule for leap-years to the more complex one in which century
years should only be leap-years if they were divisible by 400. For example,
1700, 1800 and 1900 are not leap-years whereas 2000 will be.

Now Shhh! and get back on topic!

-Dvixen
ShadowRN GridSec: Thread-stomper division.

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Thwap!