Find Leap Year

Understanding Leap Years

Every four years have one of add a day, creating a leap year of 366 days instead of the common 365. In leap years, an extra day must be added to the year — the extra day is given to the month of February, so the 29th day of February is the ‘extra’ day. We need leap years to maintain our calendar in sync with Earth’s revolutions around the Sun.

How to tell a leap year from a normal year? Just obey the simple rules below.

To find out if a year is a leap year, follow these simple rules:

• If a year is divisible by 4, it is a leap year.
• If it’s a year evenly divisible by 100, it is NOT a leap year, unless it is also evenly divisible by 400.

Examples of Leap Years

Some Interesting Facts About Leap Years

• The Julian calendar was added by Julius Caesar in 45 BC in order to represent leap years.
• These are often obvious once you know about them, like: leap years are supposed to happen every four years — but there are exceptions to this rule that actually make them slightly less common than you might otherwise think.
• Those born on February 29 are sometimes known as “leaplings” or “leapers,” and celebrate their birthday every four years.