As per the [Guide] How to use the CLOCK guide, here are 2 simple ways to check if a year is a leap year or a common year.
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Definition of a leap year
Before we begin, you need to know the following.
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2024 is a leap year because 2024 is divisible by 4 and not by 100.
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So technically, the remainder of 2024 ÷ 4 = 0, but the remainder of 2024 ÷ 100 ≠ 0.
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If a year is divisible by 4 and not by 100, it is a leap year.
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2022 is not a leap year because 2022 is not divisible by 4.
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So technically, the remainder of 2022 ÷ 4 ≠ 0.
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If a number is not divisible by 4, it is not a leap year.
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1900 is NOT a leap year because although it is divisible by 4, for years that are also divisible by 100, they must be divisible by 400 at the same time.
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So technically, the remainder of 1900 ÷ 4 = 0, and that the remainder of 1900 ÷ 100 = 0, but the remainder of 1900 ÷ 400 ≠ 0.
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If a number is divisible by 100, it must be also divisible by 400 to be a leap year.
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2000 is a leap year because 2000 is divisible by 400.
- If a number is divisible by 100, it must be also divisible by 400 to be a leap year.
#1 - With the Clock component
In this concept, we determine the day before March 1 of that year.
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the day before March 1 in 2022 is February 28, 2022.
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we extract the day of month of February 28, and then find that the day of month is 28.
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if the last day of a year in February is 29, it is a leap year. Otherwise, it is not.
#2 - Without the Clock component
With the definition of what is a leap year, and determining the year, we can also check whether a year is a leap year just by looking at itself.
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if a year is divisible by 400, it passes.
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in the next if-else, if a year is divisible by 100, it does not pass. This is not a bug. If it does not pass the first if-else statement, it means that it is not divisible by 400. Now, this statement proves that it is divisible by 100, so that means it is a common year.
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In the third if-else statement, if the year is not divisible by 100 or 400, but is divisible by 4, it passes.
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Else if the year gets here, it does not pass.
#3 - With the Clock component and milliseconds
Prior to method #1, this is also a way to get the day before Marcg but with milliseconds.
#4 + #5 - Get day of year for December 31
With Ram's idea, we get the number of day for the last day of year via MakeInstant.
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