>Omitting a leap year every 4000 years Wait, is this right? omitting every 100 a... | Hacker News

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		histories on March 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today... >Omitting a leap year every 4000 years Wait, is this right? omitting every 100 and adding every 400 should be enough. EDIT: the 4000-year rule is just a proposal for now. So 365.2425 is correct.

mark-r on March 1, 2024 [–]

None of us will live long enough to see the 4000-year rule become a problem. I don't even expect to be around for the next 100-year rule.

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