February 29, 2020.

CELLFISH

Well-Known Angler
an extra day every 4 years...

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an extra day every 4 years...

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Not quite. There is a more complex formula because an orbit around the sun is NOT exactly 365.25 days, it's 365.2422. Every once in a while you skip the leap year to account for the missing 0.0078 days (11.2 minutes).

The year is evenly divisible by 4; If the year can be evenly divided by 100, it is NOT a leap year, unless; The year is also evenly divisible by 400. Then it is a leap year.

1900 was NOT a leap year because it didn't meet the above formula, 1896 was, 1900 was not, and the "next" leap year was 1904.
 
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Oh okay. I’m a retired electrician, things we’re always that exact... yes, a good feeling an extra day of living, thanx R7... cellie... ?????
 
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