It is every 4 years, except for century turnover. Every 400 years that rule is ignored so 2000 was a leap year. This makes the Gregorian calendar 365.2425 days long which is very close to the actual time for Earth’s orbit period .
Bummer
So, if you live on the 3rd floor of an apt. building and the elevators are not working....how many flights of stairs do you have to climb?
Smile....the answer is 2!!!!
My dad was born Feb. 29.
A year is a leap year if it divisible by 4, unless it is also divisible by a 100 in which case it is not, unless it is also divisible by 400 in which case it is. This results in an average of 365.2422 days per year, which is pretty close to the actual of 365.242199.
Every 4 years, February gets an esteem booster...and folks born on Feb 29 only age at 1/4 the rate of the rest of us....sweeeeet!
Of course, that can be a detriment if one considers that those who have the most birthdays also tend to live the longest.....bummmmer!
Look at Christopher Clavius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Clavius
and Aloysius Lilius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloysius_Lilius
The 1504 leap year lunar eclipse that saved Christopher Columbus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1504_lunar_eclipse
The 1504 leap year lunar eclipse that saved Christopher Columbus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1504_lunar_eclipse
I know how to fix the leap year problem
Maybe I should start a Go Fund Me.
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James M. Wilson, a premier of Tasmania in the mid-19th century, was born AND DIED on Leap Day (1812-1880).
In 1980, Goldie Howe, of the Hartford Whalers, scored his 800th goal of his NHL career.
Happy Bisextile Day!