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In article <8909061947.AA00416@vs04csc.UMD.EDU> russotto@wam.UMD.EDU writes:
>The easy answer is that the Mac OS does it from 1904.  The deeper reason
>for it, though, is that there is an easier leap year rule for dates
>starting in 1904 and going to a date < 2100.  That is, for those
>dates, a leap year is any year divisible by 4.  If you include 1900,
>a leap year is any year divisible by four that is either not divisible
>by 100, or is divisible by 400.

Interesting.  One thing I've always wondered about, though, is, given
a date in the Gregorian calendar, how does one determine the day of
the week?  There is obviously a brute force approach, but does someone
know (and will relate) an elegant solution?

Thanks

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