Re: YEAR 2000 Problem with existing Databases

Gary Myers wrote:
>
> Got to correct you on your Leap Year statement.
> Normally a leap year occurs every four years.
> However the years zero (1800,1900 etc) are not leap years.
> Except when they are divisible by 400, when they are.
>
> So, although there wasn't a 29th Feb 1900, there will be a 29th Feb 2000.
> (You would have thought some-one could have designed the Solar System just a
> little bit better.)
> Gary
> --
> Gary Myers, Analyst/Programmer, Kaisha Technology, West of England

The original design was good; it's just that maintenance has fallen down.

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