Feb 29 Leap year

I started writing this at 12.05 am, and will most publish it at 11.55 pm, almost 24 hours later. Why? because this day only happens once in 4 years!

2008 is no common year. And Today is no common day. Today 29 February 2008 is a Leap Day in the Leap year. What is a leap Year? and Why is the leap day necessary.

A leap year is a year in which an extra day is added to the calendar in order to synchronise the calendar year (a Roman invention) to the Solar Year.

These are some of the interesting articles written on Leap year. read on.

1. Leap year explained, giving a history of leap years

2. Extra Time, a run-down of the different calendar- system - Chinese, Indian and Islamic.

3. Leap year traditions. Ladies can propose marriage in the leap year