The obnoxiously technical answer to this question is there are multiple definitions of both "year" and "day", and how long *anything* is also depends on the length of your ruler.
That's not helpful for your exercise, I know, but it's worth bearing in mind for this meta-debate. -Dan Please excuse typos; sent from a phone. > On Sep 20, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Linda Alvord <[email protected]> wrote: > > I happen to believe in fractions and decimals. How many days in 4 years? > > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raul Miller > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 2:33 PM > To: Programming forum > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Weekend Puzzle - Age of Groundhog born 2002 2 2 > > I agree. But if the month is February it also depends on the year. :) > > So... when you say: > > "His age is 12 years, 7 months and 18 days." > > Which seven months did you use? > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Linda Alvord <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Last I heard it depended on the month. Linda >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raul Miller >> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 1:51 PM >> To: Programming forum >> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Weekend Puzzle - Age of Groundhog born 2002 2 > 2 >> >> Question: How many days long is a month? >> >> Answer: Wrong. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
