Leap years and why we need them - BBC News

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  • @sammysumer
    @sammysumer 4 роки тому +61

    It is amazing how visualisations and great animations make every subject much quicker to learn.

  • @The_Fancy_Duck
    @The_Fancy_Duck 5 місяців тому +16

    Febuary every four years:
    "What I will ask you though is can
    you just give me one more day.. I'm not
    asking for a week, I'm not asking for
    a month, I'm not asking for a year. Can
    you give me one more day?"

  • @tvedits6551
    @tvedits6551 5 місяців тому +11

    Watching this on 2/27/24 with the leap year

  • @NotAPacifist825
    @NotAPacifist825 4 роки тому +142

    i wish i was born on february 29 so i would live four times as long as other people. delusional and bad at math.

    • @KamiTenchi
      @KamiTenchi 4 роки тому +1

      What would be the point?

    • @acharich
      @acharich 4 роки тому +1

      😬😬😬

    • @NotAPacifist825
      @NotAPacifist825 4 роки тому

      @@KamiTenchi :(

    • @KamiTenchi
      @KamiTenchi 4 роки тому +4

      @@NotAPacifist825You know death is everywhere and is hiding. You'd never know when it makes it move.

    • @NotAPacifist825
      @NotAPacifist825 4 роки тому +1

      @@KamiTenchi come out of that dark place!

  • @lylymom7050
    @lylymom7050 4 роки тому +58

    Happy Leap Day to everyone! And also Happy Birthday to all people around the world who was born on the leap day 29 February!

    • @WisperIcon
      @WisperIcon 4 роки тому +2

      Ye

    • @familybills2908
      @familybills2908 4 роки тому +2

      lylymom Today is my friends b day - 12 leap years! Happy b day to Kim!

    • @WisperIcon
      @WisperIcon 4 роки тому +1

      @@familybills2908 Happy b day to your friend

    • @carlostrujillo8708
      @carlostrujillo8708 2 роки тому +1

      Thanks

    • @AnimeWorldeX
      @AnimeWorldeX 2 роки тому

      The people who have been born on leap year are called "Leapers".

  • @jfhow
    @jfhow 4 роки тому +17

    The second is defined as a fraction of the 24 hours at a point in history .
    However the day itself is getting a tiny bit longer over long periods of time so a correction is sometimes needed ergo the leap second.

  • @CosmeticsComedy
    @CosmeticsComedy 4 роки тому +42

    I'm living in March now, while the rest of you are leaping 🇦🇺

    • @rosymo0nn
      @rosymo0nn 4 роки тому +3

      Lmao me to tho I’m in Korea soooo

    • @FreeLaoLanXang
      @FreeLaoLanXang 4 роки тому +2

      Should of commeted yesterday 2.29.20 2/29/20 USA Today for all of us Gyeah!

    • @okas425
      @okas425 4 роки тому +1

      Cosmetics & Comedy how’s March like? 🇺🇸

    • @youman5079
      @youman5079 4 роки тому +1

      Cosmetics & Comedy
      Wow you are in the future, what am I having for breakfast tomorrow?

  • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
    @Inkyminkyzizwoz 4 роки тому +3

    Actually, Britain didn't adopt the Gregorian Calendar until 1752, so DID have a leap year in 1700. Changing over also meant having to skip 10 days to get back in sync with where the dates should've been, but we had to skip 11 days because of having had a leap year in 1700 when we shouldn't have done

  • @SonnySkye
    @SonnySkye 4 роки тому +6

    I can answer this really easily... because our way of recording time is messed up and not accurate. The ancients got it right... why can't we????

  • @josephfalcone2226
    @josephfalcone2226 4 роки тому +6

    Well happy leap year 2-29-2020
    And thanks for posting this video.

  • @srishbish
    @srishbish 5 місяців тому +3

    Watching this on 29th Feb 2024, very informative :)

  • @einav2102
    @einav2102 5 місяців тому +4

    Watching this on February 29th

  • @iammontecristo
    @iammontecristo 4 роки тому +6

    I remember learning most of this in elementary school. The only part I didn't know was the last bit

  • @arushimehora9797
    @arushimehora9797 4 роки тому +16

    this was short & super informative!! very helpful, thank you :)

    • @tgifmeb
      @tgifmeb 7 місяців тому

      Will this make me scared bf bed???

  • @josephfalcone2226
    @josephfalcone2226 4 роки тому +7

    And happy birthday to everyone's birthday on leap year 2-29-2020 past and present🏆🎈🎁🌻🍰🎂

  • @wmarclocher
    @wmarclocher 4 роки тому +11

    0:19 A day is not the amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate once on its axis (that only takes 23 hours 56 minutes), but the time it takes to go from Solar Noon (sun at its zenith) to the next Solar noon, which takes four more minutes and therefore 24 hours.

    • @Bailemos888
      @Bailemos888 4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @RafanPlaysGames
      @RafanPlaysGames 2 роки тому

      However, A real solar day is 24 hours long, because of the clocks and the sidereal day is 23.9344696 hours long.
      The solar day is the real

  • @yanliao7350
    @yanliao7350 2 роки тому +1

    there must be something wrong at 2:02, the timeline should be 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, then 2100 and 2200, but the video shows 2010 and 2020 followed by the 2000.

  • @izzyraj
    @izzyraj 4 роки тому +5

    I like how this video is straight to the point! 👍

  • @Tracks777
    @Tracks777 4 роки тому +4

    lovely stuff

  • @somadasofficial2012
    @somadasofficial2012 6 місяців тому +1

    This video should be 1 year and why it is showing 3 years ?

  • @hookbeak2321
    @hookbeak2321 2 роки тому

    As a lad (60's/70's) Mother taught me this rhyme ______" 30 days have Sept, April, June & Nov, all the rest have 31 except February alone, which has 28 days clear & 29 each leap year "

  • @tamemariogames3306
    @tamemariogames3306 4 роки тому +2

    I'm not sure if im lucky but i was born a day before leap year feb. 28th

  • @IndigobluBeauty
    @IndigobluBeauty 4 роки тому +6

    I’m a Leapling! Happy birthday to meeee! 🐸

    • @07alima
      @07alima 4 роки тому +1

      Happy birthday to you!
      Are you at a legal age to drink and celebrate your birthday🍹🥂🍾

  • @otrenigmaandy7443
    @otrenigmaandy7443 Рік тому +1

    I like the video! It’s exactly what I was looking for and I always love drawn art explainer videos lol

  • @user-fi4bb9se7o
    @user-fi4bb9se7o 3 роки тому +2

    thank you for posting

  • @wowshakeel
    @wowshakeel 4 роки тому +2

    such a food for thought for a common man.
    Thanku

  • @maxpower1337
    @maxpower1337 4 роки тому +4

    Happy birthday y'all.

  • @chrisjones3602
    @chrisjones3602 4 роки тому +1

    Re 13 month years of 28 days each (plus an extra 'year day' - read up on Cotsworth, folks), they might be easier for businesses but wouldn't it be boring to have your birthday on the same day of the week forever? Imagine if you were born on Monday.

  • @surenbono6063
    @surenbono6063 Рік тому +1

    ..we must shift to more accurate StarDate..this totally eradicate the need for leap year and its offset adjustments...this Metric Stardates only needs to be adjusted to the daily shift of earth rotational drift in millis & micro...

  • @owenchuarbx
    @owenchuarbx 4 роки тому +2

    Every Leap Year is always a Summer Olympic Game Year -_-.... Why?

  • @duannehaughton4893
    @duannehaughton4893 5 місяців тому +1

    Thank you! 2/29/24

  • @kumararun8337
    @kumararun8337 3 роки тому +1

    This is literally the loop condition for a leap year in programming

  • @sir_lanian
    @sir_lanian 5 місяців тому

    Will the seasons eventually change with what the months currently have? Obviously many years from now, but still. Will the midsummer day change with it? This is very weird to me

  • @Itsbully06
    @Itsbully06 4 роки тому +1

    i feel every leap year is a reminder that the year will be horrible
    look at it like this
    2012: it was kinda terrible, world wise
    2016: it was terrible, political wise
    2020: it was sickness wise

  • @scissordemonsuya7417
    @scissordemonsuya7417 4 роки тому +2

    Why does February only have 28-29 days? Why didn't they make it at least 30 and reduce the months with 31 days instead

    • @-_Somebody_
      @-_Somebody_ 4 роки тому

      Hey there i just asked that a moment ago lol

    • @-_Somebody_
      @-_Somebody_ 4 роки тому

      Btw i looked it up myself ua-cam.com/video/AgKaHTh-_Gs/v-deo.html

    • @aaronaguilar9172
      @aaronaguilar9172 Рік тому

      because Romans believed even numbers to be unlucky, each month had an odd number of days, which alternated between 29 and 31. But, in order to reach 355 days, one month had to be an even number. February was chosen to be the unlucky month with 28 days.

  • @Dattastypenguinguy
    @Dattastypenguinguy 5 місяців тому +3

    Its leap year yay

  • @janice1122
    @janice1122 6 місяців тому

    I'm reviewing videos about Leap Day to show my elementary students, and I liked this one. Please know, however, that there's a minor mistake: the timeline, which counts by hundreds up to 2000, switches to counting by tens after 2000: ...1800, 1900, 2000, 2010, 2020. It should be 2100 and 2200. I'll see if my students can find the mistake!

  • @ONLYSWIM
    @ONLYSWIM 5 місяців тому

    It's hilarious how this is so precise but a man vs. a woman is incredibly complicated.

  • @efilwv1635
    @efilwv1635 4 роки тому +4

    I made up a calendar of 13 month and 28 days....with New Years being a day all By itself starting officially at noon on the first day of spring 😊

    • @Dudemar0
      @Dudemar0 4 роки тому +3

      ZHERO ZHERO you made it up??
      Are you Moses Cotsworth b. 1859..?

    • @efilwv1635
      @efilwv1635 4 роки тому +3

      Dudemar DAMNIT, I thought I came up with something original 😢

  • @cinnamonstar808
    @cinnamonstar808 2 роки тому +1

    when they say "we" they mean the Africans.
    What they did was messed up the math in the Calendar.
    The Egyptians had calculated that the solar year was actually closer to 3651/4 day. After 1,460 solar years, or four periods of 365 years, 1,461 Egyptian years had passed.
    The reason why Western societies use 4 years is because their society don't last for 1460 years.
    to have a proper leap year.. you need to have dynasties. dynasties requires LONG peace and stability.
    THE 4 year is wrong, the months are wrong as well. Julia Caesar wants a month , a month was put in. Queen Victoria wants a lake, a lake was renamed
    Ethiopia has the correct Christian calendar. The new year starts at the longest day of the year.

  • @Tracks777
    @Tracks777 4 роки тому +1

    awesome video

  • @ninjaempire9093
    @ninjaempire9093 4 роки тому +5

    I love leap year!

  • @kannapiranr.p9607
    @kannapiranr.p9607 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks

  • @maui2745
    @maui2745 5 місяців тому +1

    Happy leap year 2024

  • @moosebushie32
    @moosebushie32 11 днів тому

    February has 28 days or 29 in Leap years

  • @SusanDianeHowell
    @SusanDianeHowell 4 роки тому

    The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.
    "But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us. Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen." - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

  • @kylearchie6598
    @kylearchie6598 5 місяців тому +1

    Happy Leap Day 🐸🎉

  • @klipkultur2951
    @klipkultur2951 4 роки тому +1

    Now why is February shorter?

    • @-_Somebody_
      @-_Somebody_ 4 роки тому

      Answer is here ua-cam.com/video/AgKaHTh-_Gs/v-deo.html

  • @danielgabriel370
    @danielgabriel370 4 роки тому +1

    Okay so what's the point if we still can't understand

  • @KyudoKun
    @KyudoKun 4 роки тому +1

    It's amusing how do they figure that out.

  • @Dudemar0
    @Dudemar0 4 роки тому +3

    We need a 13 month year!! Look it up if you’re wondering

  • @radhiyanature1075
    @radhiyanature1075 4 роки тому +1

    Are leap years related to Olympics?

  • @mathiashollbaum6312
    @mathiashollbaum6312 3 роки тому +2

    Every day is 24 hours, But in reality it takes 23 hours and 56 minutes for the Earth to orbit itself, 4 minutes every Day times 365 = 1460 minutes Which means 1460 minutes extra a year, one Day is 1440 minutes, so i dont see how it is only 365,24 days a year, Can anyone explain?

    • @sebastianmackliff246
      @sebastianmackliff246 2 роки тому

      I had this same question today, so I looked it up, and the math didn’t add up. Therefore, I found this video and a comment said that we do not consider a day by Earth’s axis of rotation. Instead, apparently we use another cycle which in reality takes 24 hours

    • @mathiashollbaum6312
      @mathiashollbaum6312 2 роки тому

      @@sebastianmackliff246 Wow didnt know this, sounds very confusing!

    • @sebastianmackliff246
      @sebastianmackliff246 2 роки тому

      @@mathiashollbaum6312 A guy named
      wmarclocher on this video's comments said this: "0:19 A day is not the amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate once on its axis (that only takes 23 hours 56 minutes), but the time it takes to go from Solar Noon (sun at its zenith) to the next Solar noon, which takes four more minutes and therefore 24 hours." That's how I reasoned through when responding to your comment. I'm not completely sure if he's right though.

    • @mathiashollbaum6312
      @mathiashollbaum6312 2 роки тому

      @@sebastianmackliff246 hmm. It sounds reasonable, but to me it doesnt make sense because how is the Sun 4 minutes slower hahahaha.

    • @sebastianmackliff246
      @sebastianmackliff246 2 роки тому

      @@mathiashollbaum6312 Yeah hahah I was also perplexed by that. Thank you for your comments because if you hadn't kept asking questions, I would have never understood something amazing!
      Ok, so this is the answer.
      Our days last exactly 24 hours because of the time it takes the Sun to be at the same point relative to the Earth as the previous instant. For clarity, picture both of these scenarios: the Earth rotating "on its axis" and the Earth orbiting around the sun. If you pay close attention, the Earth completes a 360-degree rotation in 23 hours and 56 minutes around its axis. On the other hand, when you take a close look at how the Earth is rotating around its axis, you notice that it is also orbiting around the sun. It is at this moment that you realize that because the Earth is orbiting around the sun, the Earth did not remain stationary, but instead followed an elliptical trajectory. Because of this trajectory, whenever the sun points exactly at the same point as the previous instant (before the rotation of the Earth on its axis), it finds itself 4 minutes ahead.
      You can watch this video to have a visual aid: ua-cam.com/video/WWw4JY2dNXM/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Interplanetary
      To fully understand, notice how the Earth goes upwards (following an elliptical trajectory on a small scale) in the video. This creates the offset that confused us so much!
      Also, after watching the video, notice that this has nothing to do with leap years because the Earth's time duration of orbit around the sun has nothing to do with the way we count our days. Instead, we (astronomers) used our 24-hours-lasting-days to measure how long the Earth takes to orbit the sun (which turns out to be 365.24219 days that last exactly 24 hours). Because of this extra .24219 ≈ .25, we use leap years as it is explained in the BBC News video.
      Hope it helps!
      If you have any other questions (about any science-related topic), feel free to ask me!
      Have a great day!

  • @MrTylerNicole1
    @MrTylerNicole1 2 роки тому

    Technically, Pope Gregory XIII did not actually create the century exceptions. All he did was assign two astronomers, Christopher Clavius and Lilius a job to find a way to reform the calendar. Once they found out what to do, they asked the pope if it was good and he ordered it to be in effect. So yes, it’s named after the pope, but he didn’t actually make the rules, so to speak.

  • @the-igloo
    @the-igloo 4 роки тому +26

    can we leap past the trump years please?

    • @kinyamadege__6235
      @kinyamadege__6235 4 роки тому +1

      You know i speak japanese fluently, right

    • @Faisal0204
      @Faisal0204 4 роки тому

      What are the trump years

    • @noreply6193
      @noreply6193 4 роки тому +1

      why would you want to do that? So you can go to bush and obama years? (gulf wars and arab springs?) .. young snowflake - relax.

    • @memyself1176
      @memyself1176 4 роки тому

      Yes you can, but you can't leap my ballistic missiles 🚀

    • @user-yy9lc8ff2r
      @user-yy9lc8ff2r 4 роки тому +1

      theigloo says the guy that obviously has no mutual funds.

  • @07alima
    @07alima 4 роки тому +1

    I feel sorry for the baby who is born today, it's going to be extremely confusing to know when is the birthday

    • @keratakach1730
      @keratakach1730 4 роки тому

      They can probably celebrate the day before

  • @rijnvanessen7359
    @rijnvanessen7359 5 місяців тому +2

    Today is 2024 29 February

  • @himanis_x
    @himanis_x 5 місяців тому +1

    Today is the leap day of 2024.

  • @sabriyahsmith346
    @sabriyahsmith346 11 місяців тому

    This was helpful!

  • @muhammedjawo7820
    @muhammedjawo7820 4 роки тому +2

    Leap ✔️

  • @Gsham007
    @Gsham007 2 роки тому +1

    Gregorian Calender - I rule the world with a precise astronomical phenomenon.
    Hindu Calender - Hold my beer.

  • @RXush
    @RXush 5 місяців тому

    the next leap day this will be posted 8 years ago

  • @rayanalquraantv
    @rayanalquraantv 5 місяців тому

    Happy Leap Year! 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳

  • @moosebushie32
    @moosebushie32 11 днів тому

    Leap day is February 29th 2024.

  • @dmax5722
    @dmax5722 4 роки тому +3

    You would think that we would have adopted an more accurate means of measuring time by now...

  • @sixstrings1063
    @sixstrings1063 4 роки тому +1

    Yes too complicated, since most live less than 100 years how many leap years will we see?

  • @alexleonmridul
    @alexleonmridul 6 місяців тому

    It's 2024 and I'll be turning 6 I'm so excited lol!

  • @Bray-qu1le
    @Bray-qu1le 5 місяців тому +2

    Tomorrow is my friends 5th birthday lol

  • @jamestropicals8262
    @jamestropicals8262 7 місяців тому

    The next leap year after 2024 is the year I turn 20 years old, in 2028 😂

  • @hgff69
    @hgff69 4 роки тому +2

    All software engineers know this algorithm for leap year 👨‍💻

    • @ZackWolfMusic
      @ZackWolfMusic 4 роки тому +1

      No! Leap years are pagan

    • @tetsianjorin1111
      @tetsianjorin1111 2 роки тому

      @@ZackWolfMusic Leap years are needed otherwise the calendar will be out of sync with the world

  • @stephaniechannelone8776
    @stephaniechannelone8776 7 днів тому

    If your born in 29 and it’s been 4 years you would be 0 year old and need to wait 4 years to get your birthday

  • @23.5
    @23.5 5 місяців тому +2

    2024 #LeapYearDay

  • @luigiban2193
    @luigiban2193 4 роки тому

    Still I don't understood anything that you explain here??

  • @Mizundastud007
    @Mizundastud007 5 місяців тому

    We should go back to the real calendar year of 13 months

  • @ddd-ly3rv
    @ddd-ly3rv 4 роки тому

    Suggestions for information on leap years fall on leap years. That's actually how you know.

  • @moosebushie32
    @moosebushie32 11 днів тому

    February 29th 2020.

  • @SomeCraftive-Art
    @SomeCraftive-Art 5 місяців тому

    Happy Leap Day and Leap Year 2024! It’s February 29th 2024

  • @dimlo6787
    @dimlo6787 3 роки тому

    Video was uploaded Feb 29th
    Not leap years: wait that's illegal

  • @purenostalgia7401
    @purenostalgia7401 4 роки тому +2

    The gravitational drag caused by our moon is gradually slowing down the earths rotation, causing every day to be slightly (as in millionths of a second slightly) longer than the last.
    So if you ever thought to yourself "Today feels like the longest day of my life", technically you're right.

  • @sammynoise
    @sammynoise 5 місяців тому

    happy leap year 2024

  • @KamiTenchi
    @KamiTenchi 4 роки тому +3

    Earth is not a ball.

  • @godshallsmiteyouu
    @godshallsmiteyouu 6 місяців тому

    What if our dreams are glimpses of different versions of ourselves in parallel universes!!!!?? 🧐🧐🧐🧐

  • @chimichangadaily3094
    @chimichangadaily3094 4 роки тому +3

    BBC NEWS: But maybe we'll explain that another year
    *4* *years* *later*

  • @gonzalocora7402
    @gonzalocora7402 2 роки тому

    We need a leap. We need a leap.

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974 4 роки тому

    Thank you this was very helpful and informative 👍👍

  • @TZA29
    @TZA29 5 місяців тому +1

    its my birthday again

  • @geraldkelleher087
    @geraldkelleher087 4 роки тому

    Exceptionally poor explanation. The additional day and rotation of February 29th represents 1461 days/rotations covering four complete circuits of the Sun. It is derived from a specific astronomical event - the first annual appearance of Sirius as a dawn appearance -
    ".. on account of the procession of the rising of Sirius by one day in the course of 4 years,.. therefore it shall be, that the year of 360 days and the 5 days added to their end, so one day shall be from this day after every 4 years added to the 5 epagomenae before the new year" Canopus Decree 238 BC
    The wrong point of departure is trying to explain the leap day as 365 1/4 days, the correct point of departure is demonstrating what causes Sirius to skip a first annual appearance by one day after the fourth 365 day cycle.

  • @bensmith2951
    @bensmith2951 8 місяців тому

    If leap years were omitted we could have Christmas during Northern Hemisphere astronomical autumn after 20 years or so
    Latest Solstice Date is December 23 so we would need to drop another leap year or two for it to work

  • @raffikitobias7310
    @raffikitobias7310 2 роки тому

    Time is a concept

  • @acezielgales5299
    @acezielgales5299 4 роки тому +2

    my birthday is feb. 29,,

  • @NormAuParadis
    @NormAuParadis 4 роки тому +2

    Here on the 29th of 2020 yayyyyyyyy

    • @myschool2796
      @myschool2796 6 місяців тому

      (4 Years later)
      Here on the 29th of 2024 yayyyyyyyy

  • @maria04050
    @maria04050 5 місяців тому

    Watching February 29th

  • @funnynickline
    @funnynickline 4 роки тому +1

    "Time goes by,,,, uncretain hours and time and fate is certain, the giver of all wisdom and knowledge before human intervention to the universe is revealed to understands a magnificient creations from the one" ao🙏.

  • @joshuasukhdeo2498
    @joshuasukhdeo2498 5 місяців тому

    Here on 02/29/24

  • @JoeSmith-zg7in
    @JoeSmith-zg7in 4 роки тому +1

    If you go to bed when the sun goes down and get up in the morning.who cares about whether the year leaps or not.i don't use leap years.i just care about a job .leap years were Invented by people with too much time on Thier hands.

    • @tetsianjorin1111
      @tetsianjorin1111 2 роки тому

      Without the leap year the calendar wheel will drift it won't be accurate anymore imagine winter ending being October

  • @petertuckergoettler5720
    @petertuckergoettler5720 6 місяців тому

    2024 February 29, Leap Year, merci.

  • @mhvisionzz9690
    @mhvisionzz9690 4 роки тому

    I’m still confused

  • @-_Somebody_
    @-_Somebody_ 4 роки тому +1

    A bigger question i have is why February only has just 28 days? I get that other months have 31 but more months can have closer to 30 to avoid February being so short...

    • @-_Somebody_
      @-_Somebody_ 4 роки тому

      I answered my own question. ua-cam.com/video/AgKaHTh-_Gs/v-deo.html

    • @aaronaguilar9172
      @aaronaguilar9172 Рік тому +1

      because Romans believed even numbers to be unlucky, each month had an odd number of days, which alternated between 29 and 31. But, in order to reach 355 days, one month had to be an even number. February was chosen to be the unlucky month with 28 days.

    • @aaronaguilar9172
      @aaronaguilar9172 Рік тому +1

      that’s also why back-to-back months have 31 days (july and august) to make up for the 2 missing days in february.

  • @Zryan_Zrar_Ahmed
    @Zryan_Zrar_Ahmed 2 роки тому +1

    I'm born in February 29 😁

  • @Spider-Man76368
    @Spider-Man76368 5 місяців тому

    It February 29