How could the year 2010 be mistaken as a leap year? [closed]
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According to news reports such as this one, older Playstation 3 game consoles incorrectly considered the year 2010 to be a leap year.
The problem persisted through most of the Monday, March 1, which older PlayStations thought was Feb. 29, 2010, a date that doesn't exist.
The standard leap year formula states that a leap year is any year that is divisible by 4, but not by 100, except if divisible by 400. The year 2010 doesn't fit any of those criteria.
Any idea what programming error would have caused this?
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