The next time is this Thursday, when we'll have a rare Feb. 29. What is Leap Day, and why do we have it? Short answer: Every four years, in the same years as American presidential elections and ...

And yes, that small addition makes a difference. If we didn’t have leap day, we would miss nearly 6 hours every year, which means in 100 years, our calendar would be 24 days off. The passage of ...

Every four years, we are gifted an extra day in the calendar, known as Leap Day, which falls on February 29. This phenomenon, while rare, holds a variety of interesting quirks and historical ...

Leap years help to keep the 12-month calendar matched up with Earth’s movement around the Sun. After four years, those leftover hours add up to a whole day. In a leap year, we add this extra day ...

Artist Monster Chetwynd leads a delightfully bonkers exploration of the Leap Day. It takes 365 ¼ days for the earth to rotate around the sun. But the calendar year is 365 days. So, to synchronize ...

Jennifer White and Eddie Roach of Plymouth had spent days joking with their kids about the possibility that the family’s newest member might be born on leap day. Their daughters told riddles and ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Generally, every year that's evenly divisible by four contains a Leap Day — 2020, 2024, 2028 and so on. However, Leap Day is skipped in ...