Question about a leap year

[Hoeboy]

A leap year is when February has 29 days instead of 28 days? Sorry for my ignorance

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Hoeboy
A leap year is when February has 29 days instead of 28 days? Sorry for my ignorance

Yeah during leap year Feb has 29 days.

 

[yobarman]

what if you were born on Feb 29? eh? how about them apples?

 

[Supermercado]

Originally posted by: yobarman
what if you were born on Feb 29? eh? how about them apples?

I think technically you only gain a birth year every four years, but you're still able to vote at 18 years, etc. I wonder if people do just celebrate their birthday and become a year older either on February 28 or March 1 when there's not a 29th. I'd be interested to know what someone who was born on the 19th actually does.

 

[illusion88]

They still get all the normal benefits when they turn 18, even though they are really only 4.5.
As for the date, i dont know. I would assume the 1st, the day after, makes sense.

 

[thelanx]

Because of the earth?s revolution, you skip a leap year every 100 years or so, and even that?s not perfect, so that every so many (a lot) of years, you don?t skip a leap year for that 100 years.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: illusion88
They still get all the normal benefits when they turn 18, even though they are really only 4.5.
As for the date, i dont know. I would assume the 1st, the day after, makes sense.

They're not really only 4.5 years old...

 

[woodie1]

Had a girlfriend born on the 29. She would celebrate on the 28 or the 1st. I was 40 dating a 10 yo.

 

[Hoeboy]

Originally posted by: woodie1
Had a girlfriend born on the 29. She would celebrate on the 28 or the 1st. I was 40 dating a 10 yo.

even though you are joking, sad that there are men out there who don't see something wrong w/ that

 

[WinkOsmosis]

A year is 365.25 days right? So at the end of the year, why aren't our clocks .25 days off?