2024 is a leap year, meaning we add one day to the end of February and make the year 366 days long instead of the usual 365.

This February is a little longer than usual. It's a leap year, and today — Thursday, Feb. 29 — is Leap Day. The calendar oddity means this year is actually 366 days long, instead of the ...

What to know about February and leap year. Why do we have a leap years? Leap years account for the inaccurate measure of time on the 365-day calendar.

Happy Leap Day! The rare date Feb. 29 is coming up − though it only crops up every four years, it is indeed real. But what about Feb. 30 or March 32?

February, 29, otherwise know as leap year day, is shown on a calendar Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Overland Park, Kan. Because it actually takes a bit longer than 365 days for the Earth to revolve ...

There are typically 365 days in a year, but in 2024 we get 366. Here's the history behind February's bonus day.

Time flies, especially in February, the shortest month. But every four years (with one exception), we get a reprieve with a bonus Leap Day on February 29. When we have a leap year, the calendar ...

There are typically 365 days in a year, but in 2024 we get 366. Here's the history behind February's bonus day.

Leap day is on Feb. 29, 2024. While February usually has 28 days (the shortest month of the year), every four years it gets an additional day, i.e. leap day. The last leap day was in 2020.

When the Julian calendar was changed to the Gregorian calendar in 1582, the tradition of adding a leap day to February continued. 2024 is party time for leap year babies For those celebrating ...

2024 is a leap year, which means that this February will have an extra day tacked onto the end. But why February? Why not put Leap Day at the beginning of the year, say Jan. 0, or at the end, Dec ...

What is a leap year? A leap year is a year in which an extra day, Feb. 29, is added to the calendar. It's called an intercalary day. It occurs about every four years, but there are exceptions (we ...