SOLUTION: US Pres. George W. Bush, Jr. came to the Philippines on October 18, 2003. How many years, months, or days ago was that today?

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Question 557819: US Pres. George W. Bush, Jr. came to the Philippines on October 18, 2003. How many years, months, or days ago was that today?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Assume today is 1/16/2012 (where I am). Ignoring leap years, 10/18/2003 is exactly 8 years, 31+30+29 = 90 days ago (going backwards to December, November, October 16, then adding subtracting 2). 8 years is 8*365 = 2920, plus 90 = 3010.

Now to account for leap years, 2/29/2004 and 2/29/2008 were the only two "leap days" between 10/18/2003 and 1/16/2012. Therefore we add 2 to obtain 3012.