Corresponding Years
There are seven possible days that a year can start on, and leap years will alter the day of the week after February 29. This means that there are 14 configurations that a year can have. All the configurations can be referenced by a Dominical letter. For example, 2011 is a common year starting on Saturday, meaning that 2011 corresponds to the 2005 calendar year. 2012, on the other hand, is a leap year starting on Sunday, meaning that the first two months of the year begin on the same day as they do in 2006 (i.e. January 1 is a Sunday and February 1 is a Wednesday) but because of leap day the last ten months correspond to the last ten months in 2007 (i.e. March 1 is a Thursday, etc.).
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Famous quotes containing the word years:
“Lonesome? God, no! From the day the kids are born, if it’s not one thing, it’s another. After all those years of being responsible for them, you finally get to the point where you want to scream: “Fall out of the nest already, you guys, will you? It’s time.””
—Anonymous Mother of Four. As quoted in Women of a Certain Age, by Lillian B. Rubin, ch. 2 (1979)
“The years go by in single file;
But none has merited my fear,
And none has quite escaped my smile.”
—Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)