Commit 67067f9a authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

C comment: mention 1500-02-29 as an invalid date

It is invalid because the Gregorian calendar is used for all years.
parent b89ee54e
......@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ extern const int day_tab[2][13];
/*
* These are the rules for the Gregorian calendar, which was adopted in 1582.
* However, we use this calculation for all prior years as well because the
* SQL standard specifies use of the Gregorian calendar.
* SQL standard specifies use of the Gregorian calendar. This prevents the
* date 1500-02-29 from being stored, even though it is valid in the Julian
* calendar.
*/
#define isleap(y) (((y) % 4) == 0 && (((y) % 100) != 0 || ((y) % 400) == 0))
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