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Originally posted by WDZ
To me, it makes more sense for the larger units to be added first (years > days) so I chose option B.
That's the way I think too, but then Feb29 + 1 year = Feb29, so you'd need to add another day so answer A. Now, doesn't that make perfect sense?
Basically, adding a year does not change the date, it changes the year. So to change the date you would also have to add that one day as well. Like if you'd add a month to February 15th you'd end up on March 15th - still the 15th, just another month. The same goes for July 15th to August 15th. Now, there's a different amount of days between Feb15 and March15 than between Jul15 and Aug15, but that doesn't matter - that's rather irrelevant. So if we use the same reasons here, it's answer A you get.
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