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Homework Statement
Find the number of days between (December 8, 1980) and (November 6, 2013).
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
There are 33 years between these two dates (if I get (December 8, 1980) and (December 8, 2013)).
The number of leap years is int(33 / 4) = 8. Hence, I got:
Number of days = (8*366) + (25*365) - (days between November 6, 2013 to December 8, 2013)
days between 12/08/2013 to 06/11/2013 = 24 + 8 = 32
So,
Number of days = (8*366) + (25*365) - 32
Number of days = 2928 + 9125 - 32 = 12021
Well, I checked online ( http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html ) and the right answer is 12.021
EDIT: I got to the answer. Just to check: is that the right way of checking leap years? number of years divided by four?
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