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# Leap
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Given a year, report if it is a leap year.
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The tricky thing here is that a leap year in the Gregorian calendar occurs:
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```plain
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on every year that is evenly divisible by 4
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except every year that is evenly divisible by 100
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unless the year is also evenly divisible by 400
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```
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For example, 1997 is not a leap year, but 1996 is. 1900 is not a leap
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year, but 2000 is.
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If your language provides a method in the standard library that does
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this look-up, pretend it doesn't exist and implement it yourself.
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## Notes
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Though our exercise adopts some very simple rules, there is more to
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learn!
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For a delightful, four minute explanation of the whole leap year
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phenomenon, go watch [this youtube video][video].
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[video]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX96xng7sAE
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### Submitting Exercises
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Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
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For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
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For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
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please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
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## Source
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JavaRanch Cattle Drive, exercise 3 [http://www.javaranch.com/leap.jsp](http://www.javaranch.com/leap.jsp)
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## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
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It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.
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