[Fwd: Is/was 1400 a leap year?]

Richard A. O'Keefe ok at atlas.otago.ac.nz
Thu May 17 00:32:46 UTC 2001


Peter Crowther <peter.crowther at networkinference.com> wrote:
	AD1400 was before the start of the Gregorian calendar in any
	part of the world, so the concept of 'leap year' has no meaning.

Wrong.  Leap years were very much part of the Julian calendar.
The difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendar is not a matter
of whether leap years exist or not, but WHICH years are leap years.





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