The year of 2016 is a leap year. This is characterised by a year with the existence of an extra day in February - 29th February. On normal years, the month of February ends on the 28th. As such, let's learn more about leap day and years so that you can share more about them with your friends and family, especially on 29 February itself!
if (year is not exactly divisible by 4) then (it is a common year)
else if (year is not exactly divisible by 100) then (it is a leap year)
else if (year is not exactly divisible by 400) then (it is a common year)
else (it is a leap year)
(Source: Wikipedia on Leap Year)
For those who understand better with a visual flow chart, use the following diagram instead to find out if a year is a leap year.
(Source: Mathandmultimedia.com)
What is the point of adding an extra day to the calendar?
The Earth takes around 365.25 days to orbit around the Sun, instead of what most of us know of 365 days. Due to the additional 0.25 days that the Earth takes to orbit around the Sun, an extra day is added into the calendar to make up for the days lost over the years. The reason it is done every 4 years is because 0.25 x 4 = 1 day.
Why must the leap day be added to the month of February?
We shall leave this question for you to do some self-exploration. What evidence we have found seems more like a myth than a fact. It has something to do with the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus and his predecessor Julius.
Leap Year/Day Jokes and Quotes
else if (year is not exactly divisible by 100) then (it is a leap year)
else if (year is not exactly divisible by 400) then (it is a common year)
else (it is a leap year)
(Source: Wikipedia on Leap Year)
For those who understand better with a visual flow chart, use the following diagram instead to find out if a year is a leap year.
(Source: Mathandmultimedia.com)
What is the point of adding an extra day to the calendar?
The Earth takes around 365.25 days to orbit around the Sun, instead of what most of us know of 365 days. Due to the additional 0.25 days that the Earth takes to orbit around the Sun, an extra day is added into the calendar to make up for the days lost over the years. The reason it is done every 4 years is because 0.25 x 4 = 1 day.
Why must the leap day be added to the month of February?
We shall leave this question for you to do some self-exploration. What evidence we have found seems more like a myth than a fact. It has something to do with the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus and his predecessor Julius.
Leap Year/Day Jokes and Quotes
We shall now end of the post with some leap year/day jokes/quotes! Have fun reading them and laughing out loud :)
- I can't believe it has only been four years since you told the same leap year jokes.
- I hope 25% of your wishes come true this leap-year-birthday.
- Remember to live everyday like it is a Leap Day.
- It's a leap year! Everyone's birthday after 29 Feb will be one day late.
- Happy Leap Day! A day where "this time last year" and "this time next year" does not apply.
Some of you might be wondering about another phenomenon known as the "leap second". For more information on that, do refer a post that we have written some time ago. Here's the link to it: Leap Second.
When the time comes, we hope that you will use this extra day to good use!
- I can't believe it has only been four years since you told the same leap year jokes.
- I hope 25% of your wishes come true this leap-year-birthday.
- Remember to live everyday like it is a Leap Day.
- It's a leap year! Everyone's birthday after 29 Feb will be one day late.
- Happy Leap Day! A day where "this time last year" and "this time next year" does not apply.
Some of you might be wondering about another phenomenon known as the "leap second". For more information on that, do refer a post that we have written some time ago. Here's the link to it: Leap Second.
When the time comes, we hope that you will use this extra day to good use!
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