"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
-- Carl Sagan Charles -----Original Message----- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
