| Date: | Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:59:02 -0600 |
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| Reply-To: | "Raymond V. Liedka" <liedka@UNM.EDU> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | "Raymond V. Liedka" <liedka@UNM.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Leap Year Criteria. |
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| In-Reply-To: | <m0wFeXq-0000fgC@crux.unm.edu> |
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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Colin Brown 41 61 68 86457(84827) wrote:
> >some countries (of governing bodies) exclude--or are considering
> >excluding--centennial years that are evenly divisible by 1000, but this is
> >not the case in the United States, presently.
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> For computing departments in international organisations this could cause much
> fun if some countries decide to make 2000 a leap year and others not- the dates
> after 29.2.2000 will always be out of sync. with each other in the different
> countries.
>
> It would probably make a very good 1st April joke...
>
And for two days, too!!!
ray
Raymond V. Liedka
Department of Sociology
University of New Mexico
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