I took a class in Ancient Astronomy, and technically, we should not have a leap year this year. A leap year is every four years unless the year is divisible by 400. So 1700, 1800 and 1900 would have leap years, but 2000 should not. I think they just kept it a leap year since this is a little known fact. The calendar will eventually be off (in a lot of years).
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I took a class in Ancient Astronomy, and technically, we should not have a leap year this year. A leap year is every four years unless the year is divisible by 400. So 1700, 1800 and 1900 would have leap years, but 2000 should not. I think they just kept it a leap year since this is a little known fact. The calendar will eventually be off (in a lot of years).