A leap year occurs every four years to help synchronize the calendar year with the solar year, or the length of time it takes the earth to complete its orbit about the sun, which is about 365 1/4 days.
Not exact matches
We are living, I have argued, in a unique period of transition, marking a transformation as far reaching in importance as the
leap that
occurred when that biological man began to make history thousands of
years ago.
Just witness the astonishing
leap that
occurs from a newborn baby to an inquisitive, creative, chatterbox two -
year - old!
UPDATE: It seems the issue has something to do with a hardware date reset to 12/31/99 (per my own «fat» retail and debug units) that
occurred with the February 28 to March 1 turnover, even though this wasn't a
leap year.
The archaeologists acknowledged it is a «bit of a
leap» to say that what
occurred thousands of
years ago may help predict how modern - day humans will cope with climate change but lessons from the past offer hint at how people today can survive these changes.The researchers cited the importance of cooperation amid challenges humans face today.
He declared 29 February,
occurring every four
years during a
leap year, a day that women could propose to men.