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February 29th is a date that sneaks into our calendars once every four years.
But its truly more than that!
Feb. 29 is a carefully calculated, crucial day that allows us Earthlings to play catch-up with our calendars.
So this means the Earth actually takes about 365.2422 days to revolve around the Sun.
But by the end of four years, this adds up to an extra day.
By the end of eight years, its an extra two days, and so on.
This makes Feb. 29 necessary to maintain life as we know it.
There will be no snow.
There will be no feeling of Christmas, Younas added.
Having no leap year would also drastically affect agricultural patterns.
Farmers would no longer have fixed planting guides that tell them which seeds should be planted in which season.
Systems like satellites, GPS, and other technologies that rely on precise timekeeping would also see significant disruptions.
For example, 2024 is divisible by 4, so it is considered a leap year.
Similarly, 2028 and 2032 are also leap years.
However, the same rule does not apply to century years.
