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Leap year problem in Y2K

DARMSTADT Germany -- Even if the looming Year 2000 computer bug does not cause world-wide chaos computer users won't be in the clear just yet. That's because another widespread software glitch could be just as devastating. The year 2000 is a leap year, meaning that February will have 29 days rather than the usual 28.

The trouble is most programmes use the so- called 100-year-rule, according to which a leap year does not occur in years divisible by 100. But the 400-year-rule indicates every 400 years even the year divisible by 100 has a February with 29 days. February in 2000 will have 29 days. -- Sapa-DPA

February 15, 2000 (Just found this...don't think it was ever posted.)

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-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 25, 2000

Answers

Here's another one.

This one is from Munich: http://w ww.dispatch.co.za/2000/02/22/foreign/after.htm

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 25, 2000.


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