Leap Year - Who Invented Leap Year? A leap year is a year with 366 days, instead of the usual 365.
Leap years are necessary because the actual length of a year is 365.242 days, not 365 days, as commonly stated. Basically, leap years occur every 4 years, and years that are evenly divisible by 4 (2004, for example) have 366 days. This extra day is added to the calendar on February 29th. However, there is one exception to the leap year rule involving century years, like the year 1900. Since the year is slightly less than 365.25 days long, adding an extra day every 4 years results in about 3 extra days being added over a period of 400 years.
Julius Caesar, Father of Leap Year Julius Caesar was behind the origin of leap year in 45 BC. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII further refined the calendar with the rule that leap day would occur in any year divisible by 4 as described above. Leap Day traditions. I do!
Traditionally, women take the ring into their own hands and propose on Leap Day. ©iStockphoto.com/DNY59 Leap Day is February 29, which is an extra (intercalary) day added during a Leap Year, making the year 366 days long – and not 365 days, like a common (normal) year. Nearly every 4 years is a Leap Year in our modern Gregorian Calendar. Ever since Leap Years were first introduced over 2000 years ago with the transition from the Roman Calendar to the Julian Calendar in 45 BCE (Before Common Era), Leap Day has been associated with age-old Leap Day traditions and folklore. What is a Leap Year and when is the next one? When and what is Leap Day? Women propose to their men According to an old Irish legend, or possibly history, St Bridget struck a deal with St Patrick to allow women to propose to men – and not just the other way around – every 4 years.
In some places, Leap Day has been known as “Bachelors’ Day” for the same reason. Advertising. How To Spend The 24 Hours Of Leap Day. Hide captionLeap day is the perfect moment to contemplate time.
Here a man looks at the Seine river through the giant clock of the Orsay Museum in Paris. Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images Leap day is the perfect moment to contemplate time. Here a man looks at the Seine river through the giant clock of the Orsay Museum in Paris. Found time! Feb. 29, 2012, Hour By Hour: '30 Rock': Treat every day like it's Leap Day! Leap Day magic is all around!
Unfortunately, due to the Obama worldwide recession, there will be no Leap Day bonuses this year. Wait, what? Just kidding! There’s plenty of Leap Day love to spread around. But for all of you who didn’t grow up in a town that celebrated Leap Day, here’s a little history lesson: Celebrated every four years on Feb. 29th, Leap Day is a magical extra day for you to take chances. Great Sports Moments That Occurred on Feb. 29. Who cares about Leap Day? Geocachers. Google doodles frogs on leap day.
Who knew Leap Day could be such a pain? By Richard Chinrchin@pioneerpress.com Posted: 02/27/2012 12:01:00 AM CST | Updated: 2 years ago February 29, 2012 is Leap Day.
(ThinkStock.com) This would not have been a good year to be sentenced to a year in prison. That's because in the eyes of the law, a year has 12 months, not 365 days. And this is a leap year, meaning unlucky criminals who have to serve their sentence this month spend an extra night in the big house. Happy Leap Day on Wednesday! Feb. 29 is the extra day tacked onto the calendar once every four years because the Earth actually takes a bit longer than 365 days to make its way around the sun. The oddball date has long been a bit of a nuisance in the legal system, Twin Cities lawyer Marshall Tanick said.
"The courts view leap year as an irritant in calculating time periods because it causes confusion," Tanick said. Or it least the law tries to ignore Leap Day. "People litigate just about anything," Tanick said. Modern courts have rejected all those arguments, Tanick noted.