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    Filed at 8:56 am under by dcobranchi

    According to the Ohio Department of Administrative Services

    A year is a Leap Year if it can be divided by 4, except

    if it can be divided by 100 but not 400, then it is not a Leap Year.

    A year is not a Leap Year if it can be divided by 4000, except

    if the year is 200 or 600 years after a year that is divisible by 900, then it is a Leap Year.

    Hope you’re clear on that now.

    UPDATE: According to this site, 4000 is a Leap Year. I don’t know which is correct.

    One Response to “LEAP YEAR RULES”


    Comment by
    Jeffrey Boulier
    March 2nd, 2004
    at 1:06 pm

    Wait a minute!

    “A year is a Leap Year if it can be divided by 4, except
    if it can be divided by 100 but not 400, then it is not a Leap Year.”

    The above is correct. Here’s another way of looking at it:

    a) If you can divide it by four, it is a leap year,
    b) Except if you can divide it by 100, then it is not a leap year
    c) Except if it can be divided by 400: then it is a leap year.

    However, being as I was involved in y2k remediation projects, I’m pretty sure that the next statement is wrong:

    “A year is not a Leap Year if it can be divided by 4000, except
    if the year is 200 or 600 years after a year that is divisible by 900, then it is a Leap Year.”

    All you need are the three rules up top. 4000 *is* a leap year.

    Yours truly,
    Jeffrey Boulier