Why do we have february 29th

I love my special day!!! Our daughter is a Leapling! She will be 4 years old this year Sweet sixteen! My original due date was for March 1. We celebrate her birthday from noon on the 28th to noon on the 1st during non leap years. Of course he was kidding.

I have tried to find that news clip to no avail. My husband passed away June 29, Our first marriage was August 26, my 17th birthday also. So on that date in we would have been married 44 years.

I still miss him so much! The love of my life - my soulmate forever! My husband and I got married on leap day But I wouldn't use it as proof either way of luck. I was born on Feb. I will celebrate my 16th leap birthday tomorrow. Growing up, I always celebrated my birthday on February 28th because that was my mom's birthday.

We enjoyed sharing our birthday on non-leap years. Happy Birthday to all leaplings out there! Thanks for your article on the leap day. I dont remember ever been taught y we had them. Now I know. People sure were smart way back then and they didn't have internet. In non leap years my mom always let me have the 28th and the 1st!

I currently know 3 other leaplings one of them being my husbands best friend. Hope you all have great birthdays tomarow, my celebrations start today!!!! Neither my youngest daughter nor I are Leapings, but we love Leap Year. We have been creating letters to ourselves over the last three Leap Years.

We put it away, and get it out the next Leap Year. Happy birthday to all the Leapings out there! My wife Norma was born February 29, and is celebrating her "20th birthday leaping to 80 in It's Great! Being a Leap Year Baby Leaping has always been a good conversation starter..!!

You'll sometimes get the, "I know someone who's a Leap Year Baby Happy birthday to all of us Leapings..!! I'll be celebrating my 11th Leap Year BDay and looking forward to many more..!! Up until this year we have celebrated on Feb. We wanted to keep her birthday in the same month because we thought celebrating on March 1st would be confusing for her.

My mom was born on leap year. She celebrated her birthday on February 28th in between leap years. My dad was born on January 29th Different years Born in I will be 17 this year! A Leap Day, February 29, is added to the calendar during leap years. This extra day, also called Leap Year Day, makes the year days long — not days, like a common year. The next leap day is February 29, Leap days are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the Sun.

It takes the Earth approximately This is called a tropical year. In the Gregorian calendar, a century year a year ending with 00 is not a leap year, even though it is a multiple of 4. Thus, the year will not be a leap year. But even this does not provide total accuracy.

To ensure that, some century years remain leap years. In the Gregorian calendar, leap years include those century years which are exactly divisible by Thus, remained a leap year even though it ended with The Gregorian calendar reduces the margin of error under the Julian calendar, thus keeping days more in tune with seasons.

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