Day of the Programmer · day 0x100
Happy Programmers’ Day
The 256th day of the year — one day for every value a single byte can hold.
- Why 256
- 28 = 0x100: the values in one byte, and the highest power of two that fits in a year
- When
- 13 September, or the 12th in a leap year
- Official
- in Russia, by a decree signed on 11 September 2009 · source
13 September in common years, 12 September in leap years.