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If the Olympics and presidential elections only happen once every 4 years, why the hell are we not doing them on February 29th???? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] bstix@feddit.dk 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And February 29 doesn't happen on years ending in 00 unless the year ends in 000.

That's not correct. Centuries are not leap years, unless they're divisible by 400 (not 1000). So, 2400 will be a leap year, but 3000 will not.

[โ€“] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I stand corrected.