[Ansteorra] Happy Leap Day!

[S L Niemann]

It's errata like Leap Year birthdays that usually have birthday deals
include the week of, weeks surrounding, or month of one's birthday
have a special gift, rather than only on the date specified.

Happy Birthday (for real this year!)
Ines
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Dum Spiritus, Spes



On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Doug Copley <doug.copley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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