To check leap year in Java

By Kajjayam Priya

The source code is about to check the whether the year is leap year not. This was developed using java.

Checking of leap year.

By this program we will learn about how to check whether the year is leap year or not. Leap year is divisible by 4 which has exactly 366 days with 29 days in February. Century years are to be considered as leap years only if it is divisible by 400. This program uses if..else statements to check the condition.

 

Explanation of source code

public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args)
int year = 2005;
boolean leap = false;
if (year % 4 == 0) {
if (year % 100 == 0) {
if (year % 400 == 0)
   leap = true;
else
   leap = false;
}
else
   leap = true;
}
else
   leap = false;

if (leap)
     System.out.println(year + " This year is a leap year.");
else 
     System.out.println(year + " This year is not a leap year.");
}
}