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-rw-r--r--src/include/utils/datetime.h5
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diff --git a/src/include/utils/datetime.h b/src/include/utils/datetime.h
index 9b53ee38cc..548758a149 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/datetime.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/datetime.h
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ extern const char *const months[]; /* months (3-char abbreviations) */
extern const char *const days[]; /* days (full names) */
extern const int day_tab[2][13];
+/*
+ * These are the rules for the Gregorian calendar, which was adopted in 1582.
+ * However, we use this calculation for all prior years as well because the
+ * SQL standard specifies use of the Gregorian calendar.
+ */
#define isleap(y) (((y) % 4) == 0 && (((y) % 100) != 0 || ((y) % 400) == 0))