if what i overheard the other day is correct, the exception that
makes the rule is for years divisible by 400. obviously a clause that
hasn't been exercised very many times!
no matter what all the precise millennium observers think, it's more
interesting that the first digit is changing from a one to a two
tonight than it will be next dec 31 when the last digit changes from
zero to a one.
--
paul metzger
keene, nh
'59 bugeye (target)
'60 bugeye (organ donor)
Bkitterer@aol.com wrote:
> Now, all our 2000 calendars have February 29 on them. It seems that
> somewhere back in school I learned that we didn't add the day in February for
> dates ending in 00. Is this a new way of figuring time, or is it a hype
> thing like the 1999 millennium, or is it just that the people who should know
> better don't?
>
> Annice and Bob
> 60 Bugeye
> 67 Mark III Sprite (still partly boxed)
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