All about Feb. 29, on the calendar every 4 years. February 28, 2024. 4 min. Feb. 29, otherwise know as leap year day, appears on calendars in 2024. (Charlie Riedel/AP) By Annabelle Timsit.

Happy Leap Day! The rare date Feb. 29 is coming up − though it only crops up every four years, it is indeed real. But what about Feb. 30 or March 32?

This year is a leap year, meaning Feb. 29 was added as the 366th day on the calendar. Here's what to know about its meaning, origin, deals and more.

But the modern Leap Day as we know it traces its roots back to ancient Rome. Romulus, the first king of Rome, established the Roman Republican calendar around 738 B.C., decreeing that a year began ...

A leap year is a year in which an extra day, Feb. 29, is added to the calendar. It's called an intercalary day. It occurs about every four years, but there are exceptions (we'll get to that later).

Many folks who are born on Feb. 29 — leaplings — are drawn to the Anthony Texas Leap Year Festival for a once-every-four-years birthday bash with live music, crafts, vendors, eats and more.

If you have a birthday on Feb. 29, the leap day, you can celebrate your birthday on March 1, or maybe Feb. 28. Yes, you age just like everyone else. More about February: This month will be cold ...

People who were born on Feb. 29 often feel left out. Not this year, ... Hanke says that keeps the calendar in line with current seasons, which is the purpose of the leap days that we have now.

Yes, our driver’s licenses give our real birthday. No, you’re not the first person to joke that we’re too young to drink or drive. A Feb. 29 baby demystifies the quadrennial calendar quirk.

If January felt like endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long: Thank the Romans for that oddity. Prior to the Gregorian and even Julian calendars, Roman King Numa Pompilius ...