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February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is the last day of February in leap years only. It is also the last day of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the last day of meteorological summer in the Southern Hemisphere in leap years.
In the Gregorian calendar, the standard civil calendar used in most of the world, February 29 is added in each year that is an integer multiple of four, unless it is evenly divisible by 100 but not by 400. For example, 1900 was not a leap year, but 2000 was. The Julian calendar—since 1923 a liturgical calendar—has a February 29 every fourth year without exception. Consequently, February 29 in the Julian calendar, since 1900, falls 13 days later than February 29 in the Gregorian, until the year 2100. [1]
The convention of using February 29 was not widely accepted before the 15th century; from Julius Caesar's edict in 45 BC until the 16th century (formally), February 24 was doubled instead. [2] In one of its attempts to adopt the Gregorian calendar, Sweden tried (unsuccessfully) to phase in the change by omitting leap days in the 11 successive leap-years, 1700–1740. [3]
August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 152 days remain until the end of the year.
August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 150 days remain until the end of the year.
April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 246 days remain until the end of the year.
December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; four days remain until the end of the year.
December 29 is the 363rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year.
February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 333 days remain until the end of the year.
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 339 days remain until the end of the year.
January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 336 days remain until the end of the year.
July 29 is the 210th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 155 days remain until the end of the year.
March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 278 days remain until the end of the year.
May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 216 days remain until the end of the year.
May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 234 days remain until the end of the year.
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 291 days remain until the end of the year.
March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 300 days remain until the end of the year.
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 277 days remain until the end of the year.
November 22 is the 326th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 39 days remain until the end of the year.
November 29 is the 333rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 32 days remain until the end of the year.
October 29 is the 302nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 63 days remain until the end of the year.
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the end of the year.
September 9 is the 252nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 113 days remain until the end of the year.
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