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To: Nateman

Approximately 365.25 days in a year, hence leap years.
The next one is 2024. Even that is not exactly accurate.


7 posted on 03/20/2021 8:29:33 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: outofsalt
That huge earthquake in the Pacific that killed so many recently with a tsunami actually changed the length of a day ever so slightly.
14 posted on 03/20/2021 8:41:17 AM PDT by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V)
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To: outofsalt
Approximately 365.25 days in a year, hence leap years. The next one is 2024. Even that is not exactly accurate.

That's right. It has to be adjusted by making every century year a leap year only if it's divisible by 400 without a remainder. So 2000 was a leap year, but 2100, 2200, and 2300 will not be.
16 posted on 03/20/2021 8:43:34 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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