The Math of Leap Days

The Bad Astronomer writes "We have leap days every four years because the Earth's day and year don't divide evenly. But there's more to it than that... a lot more. A year isn't exactly 365.25 days long, and that leads to needing more complicated math and rules for when we do and don't have a leap year. If you've ever wanted to see that math laid out, now's your chance, and it only comes along every four years. Except every hundred years. Except every four hundred years."

Duh.

[masternerdguy]

There are no leap years. It's a conspiracy to cause IT nightmares and bratty kids who claim their age /= 4.

For years

[Sez Zero]

and it only comes along every for years.

Wow! That really IS rare!

Wait, what?

[Jorl17]

How is this news? It's been in Wikipedia for years [wikipedia.org]!

Re:Complicated?

[Meshach]

I think we have different definitions of complicated.

Evidently spelling and grammar top the list for the /. editors.

Re:Lets use the Myan Calendar

[spidercoz]

did your "Myans" invent the number "for"?

Re:In Soviet Russia...

[spidercoz]

that was really forced, and you're doing it wrong

e.g.; "In Soviet Russia, year leaps you! Ha ha ha." (there's no way to spell Yakov's laugh)

Re:Its not that hard

[Anonymous Coward]

ARRGH, a twitter feed I acutally want to follow.

Re:Complicated?

[Yvan256]

Good news! Your troubles will be over soon!

Re:For years

[Anonymous Coward]

That must be the American spelling: there's no "u".