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Leap Year is coming
Jan 8, 2008 | 7:58 PM
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With Leap year coming in 2008 I have a question that I have always wondered about.

I know we all age everday that we are on the planet. Do leap year babies really only "age" every four years as far as their birthdays go or is that just fun and games?

My other question would be: How did February become the only month to have less than 30 days in it to begin with? All the other months have 30 or 31 days, how is it that February did not get 2 more days to be a 30 day month while 2 of the 31 days months could have been shorted a day. Wouldn't that have evened things out a little?

Just curious, something that I have always wondered and never really thought to ask!

Thanks and looking forward to your answers!

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DKdad read my blog
Jan 9, 2008 | 10:14 AM

My sister is a leap-year baby and will have had 13 birthdays this year. Of course, she will actually be 52 years old, it is all just kidding around.
Met_Major11 read my blog
Jan 9, 2008 | 2:31 PM

Who invented this leap year anyway? Why do we have it?
F0x6Fan read my blog view my photos
Jan 9, 2008 | 7:59 PM

LOL...oh Lord, am i really older that what i thought...GEEZ!!
Centauri65 read my blog
Jan 10, 2008 | 11:44 AM

http://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html

What is a leap year?
A leap year is a year with one extra day inserted into February, the leap year is 366 days with 29 days in February as opposed to the normal 28 days. (There are a few past exceptions to this)

Which years are leap years?
In the Gregorian calendar, which is the calendar used by most modern countries, the following rules decide which years are leap years:

Every year divisible by 4 is a leap year.
But every year divisible by 100 is NOT a leap year unless the year is also divisible by 400, then it is still a leap year.

This means that year 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300 and 2500 are NOT leap years, while year 2000 and 2400 are leap years.

This actually means year 2000 is kind of special, as it is the first time the third rule is used in many parts of the world.

Why are leap years needed?
Leap years are needed so that the calendar is in alignment with the earth's motion around the sun.
Met_Major11 read my blog
Jan 10, 2008 | 10:14 PM

^^^
Why thank you.
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