Re: DATE are odd or EVEN

[Robert McCurdy <robertwm@PARADISE.NET.NZ>]

I can't fault that logic - "there are more odd days than even", but I still
find that very odd.
Aside from midnight (GMT), it is always an odd day somewhere. ;)

We call someone 'Odd', few are called even.
Oddfellows are large round mintie sweets.


Regards Robert
"yes I know"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry E. Havard" <LarryH@HAVARD.COM>
To: <EXCEL-G@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: DATE are odd or EVEN


: I was the original poster and here is my take on a slow Friday.
:
: There are more Odd days than Even.  ALL months start with a odd day.  Not
: all month end with a even day.
:
: Because you have months that end in 31 and the new month starts with 1 you
: have 2 odd days.
: You Never have 2 even days in a row therefore logic says there have to be
: more odd days than even
:
: Now you could set up a excel sheet to prove it, but I think the logic is
: sound enough.
:
:
:
:
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: -----Original Message-----
: From: MS Excel General Q & A List [mailto:EXCEL-G@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On
: Behalf Of Doug McNutt
: Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:16 AM
: To: EXCEL-G@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
: Subject: Re: DATE are odd or EVEN
:
: An academic curiosity. Hey, It's Friday. . .
:
: The original poster was clear about wanting the oddness or evenness of the
: day of month but, in a more general sense, are there more odd or more even
: days? In a year? In a month? In a millennium?
:
: After all the number of odd integers is equal to the number of even
: integers, isn't it? Or does that depend on whether the computer uses ones
or
: twos complement arithmetic?
:
: Does the answer depend on the leap year formula?
:
: Dates are curious objects.
:
: --
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