Wondering why February is so short? What's a leap year or when? Here's why leap year is every four years and when's the next one.

Wondering why February is so short? What's a leap year or when? Here's why leap year is every four years and when's the next one.

Leap Day Babies: A birthday every four years This February is a little longer than usual. It's a leap year, and today — Thursday, Feb. 29 — is Leap Day.

Once every four years, our 365-day rotation around the sun becomes 366. 2024 is a leap year, meaning we will add one day to the end of February and therefore extend the year by one.

Feb. 29 is a bonus day in 2024 – which happens only every four years. The last leap year was 2020. Typically, February has only 28 days. Our shortest month gets a day longer in 2024, as it does ...

Leap years occur every four years due to the sum of the banked quarter days. With a leap year falling in 2024, the next leap years will occur in 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040 and so on.

Once every four years is a Leap Year, where we add a day to the calendar so we are correctly aligned with the Earth’s rotation around the sun.

A leap year occurs when one day is added to the calendar every four years. While there are plenty of things to note in the calendar for 2024, one of the biggest is that this year is a leap year.

Leap day is February 29. Here's why we get an extra day this year and why we have a leap year (almost) every four years.

Feb. 29 comes only once every four years (most of the time), but why do we need leap years and how did they come about?

Something that happens just once every 4 years is happening next week. Here's what to know February will look a bit different this year ...