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When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (17 children)

Hmmm now that I think about this a light year would be (should be) based on an average year, not what we observe in any given year.

365.2425 days. Different searches give different results but that's what I'm going with.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (13 children)

I would've said 365.25 days?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No, years divisible by 100 aren't leap years, except if they're also divisible by 400.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

what is this, some sort of FizzBuzz calendar?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Oh right, I had some programming exercise about this, way back.

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