Leap Days and corresponding leap years only come around every so often. Is 2026 the year?

We’ve been using the Gregorian calendar since 1582, here’s how it keeps our seasons and calendar on track.

Nearly every four years an extra day has to be added to the calendar year otherwise it would get out of sync with the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

Happy birthday, leaplings! The next Leap Day is Feb. 29, 2028. If you were born on Leap Day 1928, you’ll be 100 years old or 25 in Leap Day years.

The Instagram post, which is one of several with the same claim that have popped up online, says that February is a type of calendar occurrence that happens once every 823 years.

Is 2026 a leap year? There's something about the randomness of throwing an extra day into a month once every few years that grabs our attention and curiosity. Feb. 29 has all sorts of myths and trivia ...

We won't experience a leap year this year, but one is right around the corner. Here's when the next leap year falls on the calendar.

Caesar’s calendar added this intercalary day after Feb. 23 by extending Feb. 24 to 48 hours. Because this double day fell on the sixth day before the start of March, it came to be known as the ...

While there are plenty of things to note in the calendar for 2024, one of the biggest is that this year is a leap year. But what exactly does that mean, how often does it happen and why? A leap year ...

Saturday is Feb. 29, a.k.a. leap day, a date that appears on our calendars only once every four years. Leap day is added because it takes the Earth 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds to ...

While there are plenty of things to note in the calendar for 2024, one of the biggest is that this year is a leap year. A leap year means there's an extra day in the calendar. "It takes approximately ...