Description
Apply a caller-defined fictional leap-year divisibility rule.
Story planning separates the order of telling from fictional chronology, continuity records and practical writing budgets. Explicit labels, counts and invented calendar rules can make a local convention consistent without deciding narrative quality or inferring facts from manuscript prose.
Apply a caller-defined fictional leap-year divisibility rule.
When to use this tool
Use Fictional Calendar Leap Rule Step when checking a supplied story-continuity, chronology, calendar or drafting-budget convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter year, divisibleBy, exceptDivisibleBy, restoreDivisibleBy. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read leap. Inspect leap before interpreting the associated values.
Apply a caller-defined fictional leap-year divisibility rule. Require positive whole divisors with exception divisible by base and restoration divisible by exception; leap follows base AND (not exception OR restoration).1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| year | Year | Required. Safe integer. |
| divisibleBy | Divisible By | Required. Safe integer; minimum 1. |
| exceptDivisibleBy | Except Divisible By | Required. Safe integer; minimum 1. |
| restoreDivisibleBy | Restore Divisible By | Required. Safe integer; minimum 1. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| leap | Leap | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"year": 2000,
"divisibleBy": 4,
"exceptDivisibleBy": 100,
"restoreDivisibleBy": 400
},
"output": {
"leap": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The year coordinate and rule are supplied; no real historical calendar or date is validated.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the manuscript, scene outline and the chosen style/calendar policy for a complete editorial review; interpret numerical budgets in their narrative context.
References
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