[Ansteorra] Happy Leap Day!

[Doug Copley]

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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