Klarinet Archive - Posting 000107.txt from 2000/01
From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu> Subj: [kl] Y2K Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:12:05 -0500
on 1/4/00 5:19 PM, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
>A year which ends in two zeros, such as 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, etc., is a
>leap year only if it also is evenly divisible by 400. So, 1600 was a leap
>year, 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not, 2000 is, etc. It's all part of the
>effort to make the length of the calendar year as nearly as possible equal
>to the length of the earth's rotation around the sun. Even our use of
>leap years, non-leap years in certain centennial years, etc., doesn't
>quite accomplish it. Occasionally, we have to have "leap seconds" in
>order to bring things back into proper coordination. We had a leap second
>a few years ago. I have to confess that I didn't notice it!
So, Ed...you didn't feel "jumpy"? ;-)
David
David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/
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