2006-12-23 14:04:58 · 31 answers · asked by Lisa 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
A century year, that is, a year which ends in two zeros (1800, 1900, 2000, etc.), is not a leap year unless it is also evenly divisible by 400. This means that the year 2000 was a leap year and 2400 and 2800 will also be, but 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, and the years 2100, 2200, and 2300 will not be leap years either. To correct a slight inaccuracy that remains in the Gregorian Calendar, it has been proposed that years evenly divisible by 4000 should not be leap years, but this rule has not been officially adopted.
Because of this, a leap day is more likely to fall on a Monday than on a Sunday. If, for example, February 29 falls on a Sunday, you would expect it to fall on Sunday again after 28 years, but if there's a century year in these 28 years, the pattern can become disrupted. The Gregorian calendar repeats itself every 400 years, and 400 years have 97 leap days, which is not divisible by seven, so these days can never be distributed evenly. A leap day on a Sunday occurs 13 times in these 400 years, so approximately every 30.8 years, a Monday however occurs 15 times, which is roughly every 26.7 years. The concepts of the leap year and 'leap day' are distinct from the leap second, which is necessitated by changes in the Earth's rotational speed.
Those who are born on this day usually celebrate their birthdays on February 28 or March 1 during non-leap years.
2006-12-23 14:07:49 · answer #1 · answered by Concerned of legality 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anyone I've known to be born on February 29 have always celebrated on March 1, because it is the same length of time from January 1 to March 1 of a regular year, as it is to February 29 of a leap year.
2006-12-23 14:07:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those that I know celebrate their birthday on February 28th...
One of them celebrates even bigger on leap years (but he also counts his age in Leaps rather than years)...
Two of them (twins) split the other years and one celebrates on the 28th (the oldest) and the other celebrates on March 1st (the youngest).. On the 29th they have always had two cakes and always celebrate the oldest one first.. then 44 minutes later celebrate the youngest (born 44 minutes apart).
2006-12-23 14:13:34 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once every four years. It's a real ripoff. My Uncle Leon had to wait until he was 84 to legally drink.
Okay, seriously...they either celebrate the day before or after when it's an "off year," and on the day itself when it's a leap year.
2006-12-23 14:07:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
My Grandma is a leap year baby. We always celebrate it on the 28th. Unless of course it's leap year.
2006-12-23 14:06:28 · answer #5 · answered by Amous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With family and friends. A Birthday Cake, maybe some cool gifts. The same as everyone else, except on FEB 28th.
2006-12-23 14:07:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they can celebrate it as they want, if they born on that date and its not a leap year, it should be the next day of feb.28....
2006-12-23 14:09:43 · answer #7 · answered by flip_jon2006 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haha funny, I actually know someone that has that birthday. They pick the day before or after and celebrate!
2006-12-23 14:08:05 · answer #8 · answered by friendsfan2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did heard once or twice that ppl who have been born on the twenty 9th of february in straightforward terms have fun their birthdays each and every 4 years. maximum ppl i know that have been born the the twenty 9th have fun there birthday on the 1st of March.
2016-11-23 14:11:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either they do March First or Februaey Twenty-eighth. Some peaople joke around when they get older and go o yeah im only 10 when they turn fourty or something
2006-12-23 14:07:54 · answer #10 · answered by Atrain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋