Hi! mark,   
      
   In a message to Richard Webb you wrote:   
      
    RW>> edit it for leap years, since by default it assumes February has    
    RW>> 28 days.     
      
    ml> you know that you can automatically handle this with a small bit of   
    ml> math, right? i'd have to look at some code to make sure i state it   
    ml> correctly but leap years can be determined by current year div 4 but   
    ml> there's also a 400 involved...   
      
   I think the 400 test is for century years, like: 1900, 2000, 2100 & so on.   
      
    ml> this is why i need to take a sec later   
    ml> on and look at the real formula... then you can have an array with   
    ml> all of the month days count and automatically adjust FEB when it has   
    ml> 29 days ;)   
      
   How about a bit of something in some old Turbo-C...   
      
   --- 8< ---   
   int leap_yr_test(int test_yr)   
   /*   
     function determines if a given year is a leap year   
     Uses:   'test_yr' which is defined prior to function call   
     Pre:    none   
     Post:   a boolean value is returned indicating TRUE/FALSE   
   */   
   {   
     /* local variables */   
     int result = FALSE;   
      
     switch (test_yr % 100)   
     {   
       case 0 : if ((test_yr % 400) == 0) result = TRUE; break;   
       default : if ((test_yr % 4) == 0) result = TRUE;   
     }   
     /* end switch. */   
     return(result);   
   }   
   /* end function. */   
   --- 8< ---   
      
   =:)   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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