For those born on Feb. 29, birthdays are few and far between, but today's Google doodle pays homage not only to the leap year, but to an Italian composer born on this day who inspired the ...

Leap year happens once every four years for a good reason: Without it, December would eventually drift into summer. We get a bonus day on Thursday — Leap Day, February 29 — to keep the seasons ...

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Today is Leap Day — Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Here's what leap years do and how they were created.

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Just Musing: Leap year, a time change, and counting down to spring. Brenda Donegan. Guest columnist. I saw a cartoon last week when the snow was coming down in Ohio that brought a smile to my face.

Leap days come every four years, so this our first such year since 2020 and will be our only one until 2028 comes around. Here's what to know about leap day, when it falls and why it's a part of ...

Years divisible by 100 (century years such as 1900 or 2000) cannot be leap years unless they are also divisible by 400. (For this reason, the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years, but ...

This year, 2024, is a leap year. Leap day will fall on Thursday, Feb. 29. The next leap years will be in 2028, 2032 and 2036. Just Curious for more? We've got you covered.

The next leap day will happen in years 2028, 2032, 2036 and so on, every four years thereafter. So, the shortest month ends on Friday, Feb 28. Saturday welcomes the beginning of March.

A leap year means there's an extra day in the calendar. "It takes approximately 365.25 days for Earth to orbit the Sun — a solar year. We usually round the days in a calendar year to 365.