Understanding Leap Year
Normally, a year has 365 days. But it takes the Earth about 365.24 days to complete one orbit around the sun. That extra 0.24 days might not sound like much, but over time, it adds up. To make up for that extra time, we have leap years every four years. But there’s a catch, Leap years don’t happen on years divisible by 100 unless they’re also divisible by 400. This rule helps fine-tune our calendars and keeps them as accurate as possible. It’s like a little adjustment to keep everything in sync. In simpler terms, a leap year is an extra day added to the calendar every four years, so instead of having 365 days, we have 366 days in a leap year.