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This formula doesn't consider how we sometimes skip leap years, and sometimes have leap seconds, so it's vastly imprecise.
by iforgotpassword 3y ago
This formula doesn't consider how we sometimes skip leap years, and sometimes have leap seconds, so it's vastly imprecise.
- munch117 3y agoSo make it more precise. DOB + n * 365.2421.
- histories 3y ago365.2425
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago365.2421 is more correct. Nasa explains: 365 +0.25 - 0.01 + 0.0025 - 0.00025 = 365.24225 https://pumas.nasa.gov/examples/how-many-days-are-year https://pumas.nasa.gov/examples/how-many-days-are-year
- histories 3y ago>Omitting a leap year every 4000 years Wait, is this right? omitting every 100 and adding every 400 should be enough. EDIT: the 4000-year rule is just a proposal for now. So 365.2425 is correct.
- mark-r 3y agoNone of us will live long enough to see the 4000-year rule become a problem. I don't even expect to be around for the next 100-year rule.