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Daily JavaScript Challenge: Determine Leap Year
Hey fellow developers! đź‘‹ Welcome to today's JavaScript coding challenge. Let's keep those programming skills sharp!
The Challenge
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Date Manipulation
Description
Create a function to determine if a given year is a leap year. A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4. However, if the year is a century (divisible by 100), it must also be divisible by 400 to qualify as a leap year.
Ready to Begin?
- Fork this challenge
- Write your solution
- Test it against the provided test cases
- Share your approach in the comments below!
Want to Learn More?
Check out the documentation about this topic here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year#Algorithm
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- How did you approach this problem?
- Did you find any interesting edge cases?
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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by DPC

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