Klarinet Archive - Posting 000092.txt from 2000/01

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: [[kl] Re: Y2K]
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:14:07 -0500

> Hey, folks -- we're not out of the woods yet. I bet a lot of little banks
> won't be charging interest on February 29, 2000. Apparently there's an
> every-400 year exception to the rule that centuries aren't leap
> years; many
> older loans won't have this factored in.
>
> Of course, this isn't a "millennium" problem. At once every 400 years, it
> crops up a lot more often than people were thinking!
>

If this is true (and I have heard it before), why do all of my calendars
have a Feb 29 on it?

--Ben
Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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