2024 IS A LEAP YEAR

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 2024 IS A LEAP YEAR

 

The Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar.  It is aligned with the time it takes the Earth to orbit around the sun which is almost 365.25 days.  The nearly quarter day is adjusted with the addition of a leap day (February 29) every four years. 

 

A person born on February 29 may be called a leapling.  Since leaplings will have fewer birthday anniversaries than their age in years, some declared to be only a quarter of their actual age by counting their leap-year birthday anniversaries only.

 

Years containing a leap day are called leap years.  Years not containing a leap day are called common years.  

 

The term “leap year” probably comes from the fact that a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar normally advances one day of the week from one year to the next.  But, the day of the week in the 12 months following the leap day (from March 1 to February 28 of the following year) will advance two days due to the extra day, thus leaping over one day in the week.  For example, Labor Day (May 1) fell on a Saturday in 2021, Sunday in 2022, Monday in 2023, but then will "leap" over Tuesday to fall on a Wednesday in 2024.

 

Actually, a leap day is added only to most years that are divisible by 4.  Year 1900 is not a Leap Year eventhough it is divisible by 4.  This is because years that are divisible by 100 (but are not divisible by 400) do not contain a leap day.

 

The Gregorian calendar omits three leap days every 400 years.  This is done by omitting February 29 in the three century years (multiples of 100) that are not multiples of 400.  The years 2000 and 2400 are leap years, but 2100, 2200 and 2300 are not leap years.


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The WRITER in me. Finally, I made up my mind to write an introduction to my “blog” which I have been longing to start for the past several years (procrastination attacks). I don’t think I can write something without reading, again and again and again, on topics that I want to discuss. I guess I am one of those “feeling” writer who cannot just sit in front of the computer and, VOILA, finished an article almost spontaneously. I read a lot on something, repeatedly, copy it, cut some phrases, then write it on my own words and understanding. Thus, the CopyCutWrite. So, anything that I would be putting on this blog is sure to have been reviewed and revised for several times. Though it may still not that flawless, at least it has passed my standards. Anyways, I can always say “I’m still learning” (hahaha). Youtube says, “Note: You're allowed to encourage viewers to subscribe, hit the like button, share, or leave a comment.” It’s a copy-paste this time (hahaha).

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