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If the Olympics and presidential elections only happen once every 4 years, why the hell are we not doing them on February 29th???? (lemm.ee)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

there are additional rules to leap years, which make it not exactly every 4 years, i.e. in 2100 there would be a skip

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Because it will be on 17th July once we decide to use the international fixed calendar