Google's cute doodle for the Leap Day (29th February) 2024.

WHAT IS A LEAP DAY/YEAR?🤔🧐
Common/Calendar Year (y)=365 solar days 🗓
Solar/Tropical/Astronomical Year (Y)=365.2425 solar days🌏🌞
Y-y=0.2425; 4*(Y-y)=0.97=1-0.03 (+1 if divisible by 4)
100*(Y-y)=24.25=(25-1)+0.25 (again -1 if divisible by 100)
400*(Y-y)=97=4*(25-1)+1 (again +1 if divisible by 400)

That is to say,
Using logical and modulo operators, the year n is said to be a leap year if and only if:
(n mod 4=0)∧((n mod 100≠0)∨(n mod 400=0)).

In other words, a year is a leap year if it is evenly divisibly 4, except for years that are evenly divisible by 100 but not evenly divisible by 400.

For example, 2024 and 2028 are leap years; 2100 and 2200 are not, but 2400 and 2800 are.

This is our clever method to ensure that our calendar stays aligned with our seasons or Earth's orbit over time. If nothing were done about this discrepancy, our calendar would slowly drift out of sync with the Earth's orbit and seasons. After 100 years, we would be off by about 25 days! So, to fix this, we add an extra day, February 29, to the calendar every four years, with the exception that a year evenly divisible by 100 is not a leap year unless it is also evenly divisible by 400 (as shown in the calculations).

#LeapDay #LeapYear #Feb29 #February29 #29Feb #29February #ExtraDay #February #Earth #Sun #SolarYear #SolarDay #Astronomy #Calendar #CommonYear #CalendarYear #TropicalYear #AstronomicalYear #Season #Seasons #EarthOrbit #OrbitEarth #Year #Discrepancy #Discrepancies #Synchronization

Talento humano del @sarenenlinea se movilizó este #29Feb, para respaldar el 20° aniversario del discurso antiimperialista del Comandante Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías.

El pueblo revolucionario continúa de pie, haciendo respetar la soberanía, libertad y dignidad de la Patria de Bolívar.

#FuriaBolivarianaPaLante
#VenezuelaAntiimperialista

Another article about the satirical french newspaper La Bougie du Sapeur that publishes an issue once every four years, on February 29.

🗞️ https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/02/the-future-of-news-is-print-in-france-once-every-four-years/

“American newspapers continue to cut print days — from the traditional 7 issues a week to 6, or 3, or even 1. Maybe La Bougie du Sapeur has figured out the end game.” [Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab]

#labougiedusapeur #newspapers #newspaper #france #french #journalism #29feb #29feb24 #LeapDay #leapday2024 #feb29

The future of news is print! (In France, once every four years)

Subscribing to The New Yorker in print comes with a known risk factor: the likelihood that the issues will slowly pile up on your side table, unread — a stack of paper taunting you for your lack of intellectual dedication. You know a publication that's never had that problem? The French satiri…

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#29Feb|🇻🇪 ¡ETIQUETA DEL DÍA! ▶️ #FuriaBolivarianaPaLante ¡Los de Bolívar somos más!🇻🇪
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🇻🇪 ¡Juntos todo es posible!
🏘️🇻🇪 ¡Si se puede!🏘️

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¿Por qué febrero tiene menos días?

Es el único mes que no tiene 30 o 31 días.

Resolviendo la incógnita

El Centro Integral de Soluciones del @sarenenlinea pone a su disposición los siguientes números de contacto:

☎️0212.819.23.00, más sus extensiones

📧Correo electrónico: [email protected]

Más detalles aquí: https://acortar.link/H39E71

#29Feb
#FuriaBolivarianaPaLante

It's a special day, it's LEAP day!

#29Feb

#Atención ➡️ Se les informa que, de acuerdo con lo establecido en el artículo 66 de la Ley de Registros y Notarías.

Más detalles aquí: https://acortar.link/xdDXQt

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Ich fordere eine Zusatzregelung zum Schalttag: wenn der 29. Februar auf einen Samstag oder Sonntag fällt, wird er wie ein zusätzlicher Feiergag zwischen Sams- & Sonntag behandelt. Dankt mir 2032.

#schaltjahr #schalttag #february29 #29feb