[Coco] Julian Date

[Wayne Campbell]

I don't write C code. It will be Basic09, as that is my preferred language
on the CoCo.

I will simply make the code better by using a couple of Boolean variables
and I may do some variable renaming since B09 allows for 29-character
variable names.


On May 20, 2017 7:00 PM, "phillip taylor" <ptaylor2446 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks but If your going to convert the code to C not many users will
> be able to understand how it works. It was intended to be used with
> Os9Budget and runs as a procedure file so it can be called by the
> other procedure files in Os9Budget.
>
> On 5/20/17, Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
> > On Saturday 20 May 2017 17:42:03 Wayne Campbell wrote:
> >
> >> I read your code. Not bad, but could be better. I will revamp it and
> >> post my alteration.
> >>
> >> On May 20, 2017 11:57 AM, "phillip taylor" <ptaylor2446 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> > I hope that you all enjoy the julian date that I posted here.
> >> >
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> > This code is incomplete, and will be wrong once every 400 years.
> > The code in the original K&R C book shows how it should be done.
> >
> > Basically if the year is divisible by 4 its a leap year UNLESS the date
> > is divisible by 400 without a remainder, then it is not a leap year.
> > 2000 was not a leap year. 2400 will not be a leap year.  The C manual
> > uses the mod(year,4) or mod(year,400) to determine this IIRC.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
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