Subject: Re: are you testing other y2k?
To: None <simonb@telstra.com.au>
From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@Plexus.COM>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 06/12/1998 10:03:43
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 simonb@telstra.com.au wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:08:23 -0500 (CDT)  Hank wrote:
> 
> > febuary 29th 2000, the first leap year.  (or the last leap year of this
> > century if you want to get too technical) which some incorrect algorythms
> > do not correctly handle.
> 
> This one always amused me - the easiest case (year % 4 == 0) works fine
> from 1904 until 2096 without any fancy programming....

The problem is that those who know that year % 100 is not a leap year
sometimes don't know that year % 400 _is_ a leap year.  It's a valid
point.  Fortunately, I know for a fact that we've paid attention to this
issue.

--scott