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		verbify on Feb 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today... A simple fix would be to change it to a multiple of 4 (e.g. 124 years). Then it would fail every 100 years.

samatman on Feb 29, 2024 | [–]

128! It was right there!

gield on March 1, 2024 | | [–]

2000 was a leap year so it would not fail in 2100. But it would indeed fail in 2200/2300/2400 as 2100/2200/2300 are not leap years.

addandsubtract on March 1, 2024 | | [–]

But then it's someone else's problem.

topaz0 on March 1, 2024 | | | [–]

Most likely nobody's problem, really.

offices on March 1, 2024 | [–]

And it's still enough to include Jeanne Calment's supposed age.

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