Puzzled with Time Server conversion problems?

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

Bill Eldridge <bill at hk.rfa.org> wrote:
> Researching this:
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> Years devisabl by 4 ARE leap years
> Except years devisable by 100 are NOT leap years
> Except years devisable by 400 which ARE leap years
> Except years devisable by 4000 which are NOT leap years!
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Nope.  There is no such 4000 rule.  It's a myth.  If you believe
otherwise, please provide references.  This is one of those perenial
arguments on Usenet.  I have seen it come up time and again for almost
20 years.

> I thought there was a third rule in addition to %100 & %400 for
> millenia.

No.  However, the 400 rule special cases 2000.  Perhaps that's what
you were thinking of.

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