2024 – a leap year to remember

By Ande Jacobson 29 February only occurs in years divisible by 4, and for centennial years, only those divisible by 400. This little oddity has been written about in verse in that famous poem that …

A Good Reed Review

I do hate leap years. I feel, like when the clocks go back, my employers are getting extra time out of me. In this case a whole damn extra day's worth out of me. I begrudge them that. #February29th ought to be a #PublicHoliday. Write to your representatives and demand this, people.

#LeapYear #Feb29th #leapyear2024

Currently I am in progress of testing a web app which uses date input controls.

If one enters an invalid date to those controls, they delete their content to show that is was invalid.

One form contains a date input which is prefilled with the current date.

Changing the date "29.2.24" to three years earlier by adjusting the year, the controls gets emptied because "29.2.21" is not valid.

This is counter-intuitive. I am not yet sure how to solve it.

#Usability #LeapYear #February29th #UX

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Horse 3306 - February 30th

I hate today. Boo! Today is the 29th of February, which is the 60th day of the year. Of itself that shouldn't be a problem but the fact that...