In The Year 2000

So, the year 2000 is now here. Planes did not drop out of the sky. Computers did not stop working, shutting down the electrical grid and sending us back into a pre-modern technological era. Not that I was worried, mind you.

I did wonder, however, if computer programmers were not smart enough to allocate 4 digits for the year, or if they were incredibly smart... setting up a situation where they'd have to do (millions?) of man-hours of work "fixing" a problem they intentionally created. Thereby providing job security.

Anyway, did you know that the year 2000 is a century leap year?

In the Gregorian calendar, an end-of-century leap year (often referred to as a century leap year) is a year that is exactly divisible by 400 and, as with every other leap year, qualifies for the intercalation of February 29 ("intercalation" is the insertion of a leap day, week, or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases). End-of-century years that are not divisible by exactly 400 are common years. The years 2000 and 2400 for example, are end-of-century leap years in a century with 36,525 days, while 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2500, and 2600 are common years in a century with 36,524 days. (Wikipedia Link).

Interesting, right? Please share your thoughts.