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[Gonad the Barbarian]

Leap years are every four years EXCEPT when that fourth year falls on an even century that is not divisible by 400. So for example, 1996, 2000, and 2004 are all leap years, but 1900 is not a leap year even though 1896 and 1904 are. Now I've been on this planet for 25 years and never knew this before tonight, so come on folks, make me feel better and post in here that this is news to you as well.

 

[Ionizer86]

Err, yeah...that's 'cuz a year (time the earth goes around the sun) is more like 325.24 days (a day is a 24 hour period, during which the earth rotates around the axis once...)

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

I know why we have leap years, but why the Hell do we have such an exception to the rule? And why the Hell have I never heard of it until now?

 

[MajesticMoose]

maybe something adds up over a 200 year period, In that case its just a coincedence that it is on odd centuries

m00se

 

[MichaelD]

[ralph]My cat's breath smells like cat food.[/ralph]


I like Leap Years...I get another 24 hours of life-giving sunlight.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

It's not just odd centuries, even centuries like 1800 *should* have been a leap year as well but wasn't. We are going 8 years between leap years in these cases. Are smart people purposely staying out of this thread? Or are smart people that read this too ashamed to admit they didn't know this?

 

[Argo]

<< I know why we have leap years, but why the Hell do we have such an exception to the rule? And why the Hell have I never heard of it until now? >>



Because the length of the year isn't exactly 365.25 days. It's rather something like 365.241232 So they have to adjust, or otherwise we'll be having summer in January soon


PS. I did know this though. Leep years are every year that is divisible by 4. Except for those that are divisible by 100. However, those that are divisible by 400 are still leap years.

 

[TomC25]

<< I like Leap Years...I get another 24 hours of life-giving sunlight. >>



Where do you live that the sun is shining 24 hours a day?

Are ya cold up there?

 

[Miramonti]

-40C = -40F

 

[kranky]

A heck of a lot of people learned that little-known fact when working on Y2K problems.

 

[punkrawket]

<< [ralph]My cat's breath smells like cat food.[/ralph] >>

arrrrggghh!! you beat me to it

 

[chechi]

Boys have a penis, and girls have a vagina.

 

[crystal]

How many different calendars years does it take to use for all the years? (i.e. last year is one, this year is another, etc. If you look back at all the years and all the future years, they all used a limited number of calendar years.) I hope I am making sense here.

 

[kranky]

I think you need at most 14 calendars to cover all years.

Seven for Jan. 1 on Monday, Jan. 1 on Tuesday, etc., and another seven for the same thing during a leap year.

 

[fatalbert]

hehe you are wrong.

2000 was not a leap year.

This was due to the millenium correction done every 1000 years

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

WTF? The Windows calendar shows 2000 as a leap year.

 

[hoihtah]

thanx for sharing that ... but even my palm is showing feb 29, 2000.

so i'm not sure what happened.

we've already lived through... it.

i think....

 

[fatalbert]

yes, but I am right

check with a better source about calendars

 

[Theslowone]

It was because it is divisible by 400.

Do you know that valentines day is really based on a Roman pagan holiday that midway through this month they would let the young men draw for young women and the pairs would have sexual relations for the rest of the year?

 

[Logix]

<< yes, but I am right

check with a better source about calendars >>


The Greenwich Observatory?

 

[kranky]

<< hehe you are wrong.

2000 was not a leap year.

This was due to the millenium correction done every 1000 years >>

Better double-check your source, fatalbert. 2000 was absolutely a leap year.

 

[SinNisTeR]

2 + 2 = many neffs

 

[Theslowone]

I have never heard of a millinium correction b4.

The sun works off of convection and radiation.
The earth changes magnetic poles like every 600000 years.
Oh yeah the moon is slowly getting further away soon(ok a long time) it will not orbit Earth, and our days will be about the length of our months.

 

[Amused]

<< << hehe you are wrong.

2000 was not a leap year.

This was due to the millenium correction done every 1000 years >>

Better double-check your source, fatalbert. 2000 was absolutely a leap year. >>



Yep, it was. Years divisible by 400 are leap years.

 

[Amused]

By the way, am I the only one who believes we should have thirteen months of 4 equal weeks each?