"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the 
universe."

-- Carl Sagan

Charles

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Elardus Engelbrecht
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Emperor (Was Calendars ... and Leap ... etc.)

Paul Gilmartin wrote:

>If I were Emperor of the Universe, I would make the rule:
>    Every year divisible by 4 except one divisible by 128 is a leap year.

Emperor! Your majesty, my precious, but you will be stopped by Darth Vader, 
because he is the Force.

If not stopped, you'll also have these problems within a year or leap-year:

1. Define 'year' and 'leap year'. Each planet, dwarf planet, astro, etc. have 
their own definition of their equivalent of day, month, year.

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