The inconsistency between XML Schema Part 2 and ISO 8601:2000 wrt year 0000 has already been commented on, but there is also a minor internal inconsistency. XML Schema Part 2 disallows year 0000, which means that year -0001 corresponds to 1BC (whereas in ISO 8601:2000, 1BC is year 0000). Now the year 1BC in the proleptic Gregorian calendar is a leap year. However, appendix E uses the formula modulo(Y, 400) = 0 OR (modulo(Y, 100) != 0) AND modulo(Y, 4) = 0 to determine whether Y is a leap year. But this formula makes year -0001 not a leap year. If year 0000 was allowed (representing 1BC), then the formula would be correct. JamesReceived on Tuesday, 23 April 2002 09:27:15 GMT
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