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Why is every fourth year called a 'leap year?'
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#38891. Asked by Hamlet..
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mochyn
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As every year is about 365 and a quarter days,we save the quarters to the 4th year and therefore we leap forward
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sequoianoir
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Quote "we save the quarters to the 4th year and therefore we leap forward "
Surely we leap "backwards" ???????
When "tomorrow" would "normally" be March 1st (today Feb 28th) we "delay" it by a day inserting Feb 29.
If we "leapt forwards" March 1st would be skipped and "tommorow" would be March 2nd, wouldn't it ?
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Hamlet.
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Divide the 365-day typical year by 52 weeks. You will see that there is one additional day. Thus, in nonleap years, if a fixed-date holiday, such as Christmas, was held on a Tuesday, one knew that the next year it would fall on a Wednesday. But in a leap year, the festival would fall two days after the previous year's. This skipping of a day is the "leap" in leap year.
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