While there’s plenty of things to note in the calendar for 2024, one of the biggest is that this year is a leap year. ... 2024 • Updated on January 3, 2024 at 8:05 am. BOOKMARKER.

The year 2000 was a leap year, for example, airandspace.si.edu said. But the years 1700, 1800 and 1900 weren’t. The next time a leap year will be skipped will be the next century, in the year 2100.

Leap days come every four years, so this our first such year since 2020 and will be our only one until 2028 comes around. Here's what to know about leap day, when it falls and why it's a part of ...

This year, 2024, is a leap year, and what that means is that we get an extra day this year. >> Read more trending news. We get that extra day because we measure time, in part, by the days it takes ...

Simple: If the last two digits of the year are divisible by four (for example, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 …) then it’s a leap year. Century years are the exception to this rule.

A Leap Year occurs when one extra day is added to the Gregorian calendar, which means that the year has 366 days instead of the usual 365. It takes approximately 365 days for the Earth to orbit ...

A leap year means there's an extra day in the calendar. "It takes approximately 365.25 days for Earth to orbit the Sun — a solar year. We usually round the days in a calendar year to 365.

This year, 2024, is a leap year, and what that means is that we get an extra day this year. >> Read more trending news We get that extra day because we measure time, in part, by the days it takes ...