Today You Can Leap!
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Today is February 29th. The date that occurs ever four years in years evenly divisible by four. These years are called leap years and today is the leap day. February 29th is the 60th day of the Gregorian calendar in a leap year with 306 days left until the end of that year.
If you are a person who was born on February 29 you are called a "leapling". In non-leap years the leaplings may celebrate their birthday on 28 February or 1 March. A baby born on a leap day is called, not surprisingly, a "leapy".
Today is also called "bissextile day". This the official name of the leap day we add every four years. Bissext refers to extra day itself but leap day is the much more widely used term. Technically, leap day is referred to as intercalary day which is an adjective of Latin origin that describes the extra day added to the calendar to harmonize it with a solar year.
Today is February 29th. The date that occurs ever four years in years evenly divisible by four. These years are called leap years and today is the leap day. February 29th is the 60th day of the Gregorian calendar in a leap year with 306 days left until the end of that year.
If you are a person who was born on February 29 you are called a "leapling". In non-leap years the leaplings may celebrate their birthday on 28 February or 1 March. A baby born on a leap day is called, not surprisingly, a "leapy".
Today is also called "bissextile day". This the official name of the leap day we add every four years. Bissext refers to extra day itself but leap day is the much more widely used term. Technically, leap day is referred to as intercalary day which is an adjective of Latin origin that describes the extra day added to the calendar to harmonize it with a solar year.
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