Why does the 29th of February only come once every four years?

Question

What's up with that?

Answer 1

The earth makes one revolution (a year) around the sun in about 365 days and 6 hours. As 6 hours is 1/4 of a day, 4 years are required to make one full day because of the "extra time" saved from the revolution. Therefore, as 1/4 x 4=1, it adds up to the exact amount of time to make a day every 4 hears.

Answer 2

Leap years come about mainly due to a technicality in the number of days in a year. Technically, a year consists of 365 days and 6 hours. Therefore, every four years, an extra day is added to account for the extra twenty-four hours that have accumulated.

Answer 3

because a "year" is 365 1/4 days. So at the end of four years, we add the 1/4 days to get an extra day

Answer 4

because there is actually 365 1/4 days in a year , so we have to pick up the extra day on the 29th of Feb. in leap year to catch up the calender

Answer 5

Because it's a leap year. The earth's rotation around the sun is not exactly 365 days, so every 4 years we need to add a day to set things right.

Answer 6

our calender is actually 6 hours off every year there for to make up the 6 hours we need to add an extra day so that eventually night will not be day 6*4=24

Answer 7

I didn't know it was every four years at least you know that what if you were born on a Leap Year how old would you be????

Answer 8

because that is the only time Mother Nature puts out. hahaha

Answer 9

helps fix the earths roattion

Answer 10

because they only do leap year every 4 years