The modern calendar has Roman Catholic roots. As the sun does not adhere exactly to the earthly calendar, leap days are ...

There are typically 365 days in a year, but in 2024 we get 366. Here's the history behind February's bonus day.

The original Roman calendar divided the year from March to December into 10 months of either 29 or 31 days, based on lunar ...

Feb. 29 is more than just an extra day we have once every four years. There is some science behind it. Here's how leap days ...

Instead of rebuilding the armory, the city built a children’s playground on the site in the 1950s, and today, residents can ...

4 Leap years were introduced by the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, who created a new calendar to take the extra quarter-days into account. The Julian calendar took effect in 45 BC. 5 The maths ...

February, or as the Romans called it, Februarius is upon us. Depending on whether a groundhog sees his shadow Sunday, we either have six more weeks of winter, or we don’t. The month, I have always ...

The emperor Caesar adopted a 365-day calendar and added 10 days to it, including a leap day in February every four years, writes Calendar.com. Eventually, the calendar we all know was adopted by ...

Prior to the Gregorian and even Julian calendars ... and added 10 days the calendar, including a leap day in February every four years, calendar.com said. Finally, the calendar we all know ...