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Guide to figuring out how many years until you add another day to the year

SAFollis

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Long titles ftw
1 normal year = 365 days
1 *real* year roughly = 365.242199
every 4 years + 1 day
365 + (1/4) = 365.25
every 100 years there isn't leap year
365 + (1/4) - (1/100) = 365.24
every 400 years there is a leap year
365 + (1/4) - (1/100) + (1/400) = 365.2425
This is what we use. But it'll be off by a day or two in a few thousand years :C
So we need to not do the leap year every 3200 years
365 + 1/4 - 1/100 + 1/400 - 1/3200 = 365.2421875
We figure this out by GUESSING and until you hit right below/above it (depending on what you were before) when making sure the number below is divisible by 400
Now we're below so we need to do a leap year every 75000 years
365 + 1/4 - 1/100 + 1/400 - 1/3200 + 1/76000 = 365.242200658
Now we're above so we need to remove a leap year every 600000 years
365 + 1/4 - 1/100 + 1/400 - 1/3200 + 1/76000 - 1/600000 = 365.242198991
Since people have only gotten to 365.242199 days a year afaik instead of even more accurate we're gonna stop there. heuheuhuhuhue
ty now you know not to have a leap year in the year 3200 but do it in the year 76000 that you'll definitely be alive for.
 
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