Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIf the Olympics and presidential elections only happen once every 4 years, why the hell are we not doing them on February 29th????message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down126
arrow-up1385arrow-down1message-squareIf the Olympics and presidential elections only happen once every 4 years, why the hell are we not doing them on February 29th????Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarephilluminati@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down4·3 months agoA leap year is every 4 years, but not every 400 years. If you could only vote on Feb 29 you’d have gone 8 years without a vote between 1996 and 2004.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months agoNot quite—it’s every four years, excluding years divisible by 100, but not excluding years divisible by 400. So 2000 was a leap year, but it was the first century in 400 years for which that was the case (using the Gregorian calendar).
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months ago2000 was a leap year. Source: I was there. The math on the 400 thing is the other way around.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months ago you’d have gone 8 years without a vote between 1996 and 2004 On second thought, OP is absolutely correct and we need to invent a time machine to fix this mistake.
A leap year is every 4 years, but not every 400 years. If you could only vote on Feb 29 you’d have gone 8 years without a vote between 1996 and 2004.
Not quite—it’s every four years, excluding years divisible by 100, but not excluding years divisible by 400. So 2000 was a leap year, but it was the first century in 400 years for which that was the case (using the Gregorian calendar).
2000 was a leap year. Source: I was there.
The math on the 400 thing is the other way around.
On second thought, OP is absolutely correct and we need to invent a time machine to fix this mistake.