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Mc Kenzie, TNLeap Day is Thursday, February 29, adding a day to February to correct the calendar in a four-year cycle.
Most people know that a single day is about 24 hours long, and that there are 365 days in a year.
But it actually takes Earth 365.242190 days to orbit the sun.
Pope Gregory XIII sought to address that issue in the 16th century with the Gregorian Calendar, which adds leap days in years divisible by four, unless the year is also divisible by 100. To make matters even more confusing, a leap day is still added in years divisible by 400.
Why add the extra day in February? Boxer, the data scientist, says the Romans considered it an unlucky month. On top of that, they were deeply suspicious of odd numbers. Because February only had 28 days to begin with, they just shoved it into February.
Source: NPR.
