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To: missthethunder

Only every fourth even-hundred year is a leap year. Thus 1900 wasn’t a leap year, 2000 was, 2100, 2200, and 2300 won’t be, and 2400 will be.


10 posted on 02/29/2024 12:20:36 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin; SunkenCiv; Red Badger; Kaslin; BenLurkin

Because the earth’s rotational period is not exactly .250000 “off each year.

That .242 bit requires we “subtract” (well, not add a Leap Day) every 1000 years.


22 posted on 02/29/2024 9:04:20 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

True.


23 posted on 02/29/2024 9:04:56 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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