How do I determine whether a particular year is a leap year?

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How do I determine whether a particular year is a leap year?

The rule is that all years divisible by 4 are leap years. An exception is when the year is divisible by 100 unless the year is also divisible by 400.

On a GreorianCalendar instance, you can invoke the method isLeapYear.

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Author of answer: Joris Van den Bogaert

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