February 29,the leap day.

My dearest and adorable friends

February 29 is a date that usually occurs every four years, and is called leap day.

This day is added to the calendar in leap years as a corrective measure, because the earth does not orbit around the sun in precisely 365 days.

A leap year (or intercalary or bissextile year) is a year containing one additional day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year.

 

While those born on a leap days are called "leaplings,"

The name "leap" year comes from the fact that while a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar normally advances one day of the week from one year to the next.

In a leap year the day of the week will advance two days (from March onwards) due to the year's extra day inserted at the end of February (thus "leaping over" one of the days in the week).

February gone and here comes the eventful month of March.

Have a great day ahead.

 

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