[Ansteorra] Happy Leap Day!
Doug Copley
doug.copley at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 10:42:40 PST 2012
just a short period of time, besides why would I worry about a thing
like not having a birthday that year, I am used to it!
Vincenti
On 2/24/2012 9:44 AM, jim hodek wrote:
> I doubt that in the year 2100, 88 years from now, you probably won't be around to worry about it. :-)
>
> Gunnarr
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Doug Copley<doug.copley at gmail.com>
> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc."<ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 9:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Happy Leap Day!
>
> That is great information!
>
> However, since the 29th IS my Birthday, I think I will still celebrate
> it then:-)
>
> Also, remember that it is not every 4 years! If the year is divisible by
> 100 then there is no Leap Day, unless it is also divisible by 400. So in
> the year 2000 we had a Leap Day but in the year 2100 we will not, so no
> birthday for me that year:-(
>
> Vincenti
> He who is about to become a teenager:-)
>
> On 2/24/2012 7:56 AM, Galen of Ockham, OP wrote:
>> I may be in a different time zone, but I'm not running 5 days fast.
>> Most people naturally assume the leap day is the 29th because that is a
>> date that doesn't appear in February except in a leap year. But
>> historically, the inserted day occurred on what we now call February
>> 24th.
>>
>>
>> The Romans determined they could make up the discrepancy between the
>> 365.2422 days of an actual (astronomical) year and the 365 days in the
>> calendar by adding an extra day once every four years. For whatever
>> reason, they picked the 6th day (inclusive counting) before the first
>> of March to double. In the Roman calendar, the normal day was called
>> ante diem sextum Kalendas Martii (the sixth day before the first of
>> March). The inserted day was the ante diem bis sextum Kalendas Martii
>> (the second sixth day before the first of March). The extra day was
>> inserted before the normal day. Thus, when the calendar was converted
>> to our modern convention of numbering the days sequentially, the extra
>> day corresponded to the 24th of February.
>>
>>
>> Make the best of your extra day this year knowing you're enjoying it on
>> its proper historical date.
>>
>>
>> Galen
>>
>>
>> More info on the Roman calendar can be found on my Natural Philosophy
>> website medievalscience.org under the section on Time.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Magister Galenus Ockhamnesis
>> Friar Galen of Ockham, OP
>> A Study in Natural Philosophy: [1]http://medievalscience.org
>> Chirurgeon's Point: [2]http://chirurgeon.org
>>
>> References
>>
>> 1. http://medievalscience.org/
>> 2. http://chirurgeon.org/
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