[LEAPSECS] Reliability

[Zefram]

Rob Seaman wrote:

>Also, a leap day at the end of December would  

>be December 32nd :-)


Only if there were no February 29.  My point is that the leap day appears
to be at the end of the year if you don't bother with months and just
use day-of-year.  Just as the idea that February 29 is the leap day
originates in looking at the ordinal day-of-month.  Traditionally the
leap day was "ante diem bis VI Kalendas Martias", located some days
before the end of the month.

-zefram