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[francis@insoft2.insoft.com (John (Francis) Stracke)]

>> The second one will be in 2000. 2000 is also a leap year.
>> 
>> Corwyn
>> 
>***bzzzt***  Sorry, but thank you for playing.  The year 2000
>is not a leap year.  Every now and then they have to skip one
>to get things back on track.  (Anyone want to better explain it?)

Ah, sorry, milord, but that's incorrect.  Century years (1800, 1900,
...) are not leap years, *unless* they're quadruple-century years
(1600, 2000, 2400, ...).  So 2000 will be a leap year.

Please don't ask me why I know/remember this rule, given that 2000 is
going to be the only example in my lifetime.  (Short of some *major*
medical technology improvements.  ;-)

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