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  2. Leap year - Wikipedia

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    A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical year or seasonal year . [ 1 ]

  3. Leap year 2024: Why we have 29 days in February (almost ... - AOL

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    Here is another thing to keep in mind as you fill out your calendar, any holiday after Feb. 28 will come one day later because 2024 is a leap year. If you celebrate Easter, you will also want to ...

  4. Leap year 2024: Why we get February 29 this year, and ... - AOL

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    The year 2000 was a leap year, for example, but the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not. The next time a leap year will be skipped is the year 2100," read an article from the Smithsonian.

  5. What’s the point of a Leap Year? Why 2024 brings 29 days of ...

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    The rule is that if the year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400, the leap year is skipped. The year 2000 was a leap year, for example, but the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not. The ...

  6. Why do we have Leap Day? What to know about the science ... - AOL

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    So, to make up for this, leap year is skipped during years divisible by 100 but not 400. For example, the year 2000 was a leap year, but the years 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not. When did Leap Year ...

  7. 2024 is a leap year. Here's what that means — and why we ...

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    The year 2000 was a leap year, but it broke one of the rules: 2000/4 = 500 ...That completes the 1st rule. 2000/100 = 20 ...That breaks the leap year rule,

  8. List of non-standard dates - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Excel displays the day before January 1, 1900 (the earliest date it can represent) as January 0, 1900. [17] It also treats 1900 incorrectly as a leap year (whereas only centuries divisible by 400 are), so it displays the day before March 1, 1900 as the non-existent February 29 instead of February 28. This means March 1, 1900 is the ...

  9. Why do we have a leap year? What would happen if we didn’t ...

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    He said the rule is if a “year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400,” then the leap year is skipped to adjust the time difference given to years with the extra day. The next time a ...