March 1, 2012 · 3:09 am

leap year

The length of the solar year, however, is slightly less than 365¼ days—by about 11 minutes. To compensate for this discrepancy, the leap year is omitted three times every four hundred years.This is what I learnt.

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  1. Lynda
    March 1, 2012 at 3:14 am

    I’m so glad you explained that. I didn’t realise (and I’m quite old). Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

  2. AnnMarie Delaney
    March 1, 2012 at 3:16 am

    So if it’s 11 minutes short, is it right we round down to the quarter day?

    After how many years will we have added an extra day?

    Your post has made me think more about this

    Thank you- I might use this in a Maths class!