The next time is this Thursday, when we'll have a rare Feb. 29. What is Leap Day, and why do we have it? Short answer: Every four years, in the same years as American presidential elections and ...

(Psst, it’s still Feb, 29) If you were born on Leap Day 1928, you will be 100 years old or 25 in Leap Day years on Feb. 29, 2028. Happy early birthday, leaplings! Though 2025 is not a Leap Year ...

This accounts for the fact that the earth's complete orbit is actually 365 and ¼ days. Leap day means having an extra 24 hours of... well, everything, including time to think about your finances.

Every four years, we are gifted an extra day in the calendar, known as Leap Day, which falls on February 29. This phenomenon, while rare, holds a variety of interesting quirks and historical ...

A lot of annoying little hacks are needed to keep our integer-based calendar in sync with a floating-point universe, and the big one, leap day, passed us by this week. Aside from the ignominy of a ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Generally, every year that's evenly divisible by four contains a Leap Day — 2020, 2024, 2028 and so on. However, Leap Day is skipped in ...