Look Before You Leap Day!
afpwnc.org2024-02-28T07:59:48-05:00In 45 B.C, Julius Caesar introduced the leap year, adding an extra day to the calendar every fourth year because our solar year was just a smidgen longer than 365 days (365.24219 days, to be exact). Thus, February 29 was born! While this may seem like a minor adjustment, it prevents a gradual misalignment with the natural order of months and seasons. If we didn’t hit reset periodically, in 100 years, our seasons would be off a whole month. Fast forward 300 years, and February would feel suspiciously like May! So, what does this ancient calendar adjustment have to do with [...]
