On Sun, 05 December 1999, C Hanish Menon wrote: > However much much later it was found that a year was actualy 356 1/4 days. > ..... > Actualy speaking its again not 356 1/4 exactly. > .... again misses by a FEW SECONDS each year. Aargh! You mean my watch does not show the correct time. I should have listened to the atomic-clock salesman.... ;) --vml, Model Engg. College, Cochin > However much much later it was found that a year was actualy 356 1/4 days. > the concept of LEAP year was born, and also to take care of all these Quarter > day misses thro all these centuries 10 days were removed from the calender > thats what this should be. > > Actualy speaking its again not 356 1/4 exactly. Thats why one as the Centinal > rule, where a centinal year has to be divisible by 400 to be a leap year. This > again misses by a FEW SECONDS each year. > > --------- > Keep :-) > HanishKVC > http://hanishkvc.tripod.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search > the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question > to avoid repetition and save bandwidth. _______________________________________________________ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.
