Do you have any leap year memories? Are you a Leapling yourself? Please share in the comments below! She said, "So if you don't want to renew you have to cancel on this exact date next year. When I explained that it was leap day she seemed shocked. I just wanted to know if I should cancel on February 28th or March 1st.
She had to ask the manager and everyone in the store. When nobody knew, they called corporate. A half hour later she tells me nobody seems to know the answer to your question because it's never happened before, but we'll call you when we find out. Nobody ever did. I ended up trying to cancel on March 1 and it was a whole thing all over again. Eventually they decided to give me a month free and cancel the contract in April.
The lesson I learned is never sign a contract on leap day. The explanation is provided in the above article. There are rare exceptions to the every-four-year rule. Born February 29th, I celebrate my off years 12 noon on the 28th till 12 noon March 1st.
I love my special day!!! Our daughter is a Leapling! She will be 4 years old this year Sweet sixteen! My original due date was for March 1. We celebrate her birthday from noon on the 28th to noon on the 1st during non leap years. Of course he was kidding. I have tried to find that news clip to no avail. My husband passed away June 29, Our first marriage was August 26, my 17th birthday also.
So on that date in we would have been married 44 years. I still miss him so much! The love of my life - my soulmate forever! My husband and I got married on leap day But I wouldn't use it as proof either way of luck. I was born on Feb.
That's the divisibility test of 4. For anyone who is curious as to why there isn't a leap year on the year or , , , there's an explanation. The rules for when a leap year happens actually has 2 extra conditions that aren't often mentioned because they are almost never used.
The first rule most of us know is that a leap year occurs every 4 years, which adds an extra day to the February calendar. However, this rule isn't applied to any year that's divisible by For example, will not be a leap year because is equally divisible over The second condition is that the previous condition is overruled if the year is also divisible by Which is why the year will still be a leap year, even if it's divisible by , because of the fact that it's divisible by I believe the reasoning for this is because a year isn't actually exactly Again, I'm no expert or mathematician, but I'm sure someone more qualified can give an explanation as to why.
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Search Want to search our collection? Search here. We use cookies to ensure you have the best browsing experience and to help us improve our website. Find out more Accept Cookies. As for Leap Years, the extra day would be inserted not at the end of February as we are doing now, but at the end of June. June 31st would thus become a second World Holiday, but like the Olympics, celebrated every four years. Marilyn alluded to the Symmetry calendar, a perennial solar calendar that conserves the traditional 7-day week, has symmetrical equal quarters, and starts every month on Monday.
All holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. All ordinal day and week numbers within the year are also permanently fixed; Friday the 13th never occurs under this calendar. Moon Phase Calendar. The next leap year will occur in Recipe Rating Recipe Rating.
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