[plug] [OT] Is your watch correct?

[James Devenish]

Hi,

I'm a bit puzzled. I've read various remarks over the last few days
where people have expected problems with clocks not dealing with 29
February 2004. Why was this? I certainly had one wristwatch that seemed
to skip from 28 Feb to 1 March this year. Anyone know where I can look
up why there was a widespread problem with the date? I assume the rules
and exceptions for dates have not changed since I bought the watch.