![]() ![]() Raenell is one, and her website celebrates the joy of being special.ħ) You have a 1 in 1461 chance of being born on February 29th. This is because a year isn't precisely 365¼ days long, but eleven minutes short.ĥ) Algorithmically, a year is a leap year if ((year modulo 4 is 0) and (year modulo 100 is not 0)) or (year modulo 400 is 0).Ħ) Leap year babies celebrate their birthday only once every four years. They restarted in 8AD, after which they continued every four years as intended.Ĥ) There are only 24 leap years this century because 2100 won't be a leap year (ditto 2200, 2300, but not 2400). At this point Roman priests spotted they'd been adding leap years every three years, rather than every four as Caesar decreed, so all leap years were temporarily suspended. They're required because a solar year is almost exactly 365¼ days long, and over a four year period those four quarter-days add up to make one whole extra day.Ģ) Today is the 515th leap day to be observed since the first in 45BC.ģ) The first thirteen leap years were 45BC, 42BC, 39BC, 36BC, 33BC, 30BC, 27BC, 24BC, 21BC, 18BC, 15BC, 12BC and 9BC. ![]() Saturday, FebruLeap day - 29 leap facts for February 29thġ) Leap years occur quadrennially, that's every four years. ![]()
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