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365·243 ought to be 365·2425 exactly: Per 400 years, there is one leap day every 4 years (100 leap days), except when the year is divisible by 100 (so we overc
by agalunar 3y ago
365·243 ought to be 365·2425 exactly:
Per 400 years, there is one leap day every 4 years (100 leap days), except when the year is divisible by 100 (so we overcounted by 4 and there are 100 – 4 = 96 leap days), except when the year is divisible by 400 (so we need to add that day back and arrive at 100 – 4 + 1 = 97). This gives us 97/400 = 0·2425.
The tropical year is about 365·24219 days long, but that's not relevant to timekeeping.
- sharkdp 3y ago> 365·243 ought to be 365·2425 exactly: Yes. This is also how it is defined: https://github.com/sharkdp/numbat/blob/ba9e97b1fbf6353d24695b0add0e1d68af6ec07a/numbat/modules/units/time.nbt#L14 https://github.com/sharkdp/numbat/blob/ba9e97b1fbf6353d24695... The calculation above is showing a rounded result (6 significant digits by default).
- agalunar 3y agoThat's what I figured! but thought the derivation would be fun to share with people reading the comments.