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| PrettyOrchid |
 Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:20 pm Post subject: Why Leap Year? What it is? |
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Hi to all,
Here is a general discussion about leap year...
Did anybody know what is a leap year is and why this concept has arises? Anybody who knows can answer in this thread... All are welcome... |
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| maha22 |
| Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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For example, in the Gregorian calendar (common calendar), February in a leap year has 29 days instead of the usual 28, so the year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 365. Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat in a whole number of days, a calendar that had the same number of days in each year would, over time, drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting (or intercalating) an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year that is not a leap year is called a common year.
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| RosePetals |
| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:17 am Post subject: |
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To allow exactly the same lengths between the equinoxes in two subsequent years. Because 4 years take almost exactly 1461 days.
Rather than adjusting 6 hours into each year, which would upset the customary time of day, we add one day every 4th year. So I guess that’s why we have leap year. |
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