[Ansteorra] Happy Leap Day!

[jim hodek]

I doubt that in the year 2100, 88 years from now, you probably won't be around to worry about it. :-)
 
Gunnarr 


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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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