This rule states the annual date for Day of the Programmer. The observance falls on the 256th day of the year, a number chosen because 256, or 2 to the 8th power, is the number of distinct values a single byte can hold. In a common year the 256th day is 13 September. In a leap year it falls one day earlier, on 12 September. This rule records the common-year date.
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Observance NoteFalls on the 256th day of the year: 13 September in a common year, 12 September in a leap year. The number 256 is 2 to the 8th power, the count of distinct values a byte can represent, a number well known to programmers. 1 Connections
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Programmer's Day...is an international professional day that is celebrated on the 256th (hexadecimal 100th, or the 28th) day of each year. This is September 13 in common years and September 12 in leap years. The number 256 (2^8) was chosen because it is the number of distinct values that can be represented with a byte, a value well known to programmers.
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