Even today, leap year holds that fancy place in our minds. And that definitely calls for a blog dedication.
Its that time of the year again after 3 long years, when we get an extra day added to the month of february. This additional day makes this month look more normal. Though I was already planning to write about it, the google doodle, which has a picture of leaping frogs and the cable service e-mail, regarding the interruption in TV service due to sun outages, reminded me. Moreover, this will be the first one for this month, so all the more reason to do some writing.
Moving on to the main point, Leap year - as everyone must be aware of, the year gives us that added day because according to Wikipedia, 'a common year is almost 6 hours shorter than a solar year'. So when all those lost hours are put together, it becomes a complete day and a part of our calender every four years. That reminds me of a funny incident from school days, when one of my classmates used to have grand celebration on his birthday, as he was able to do that only once in four year, what a day to be born !
Just got a leap day deals mail from groupon, different !! And ofcourse, the date is so obviously different too - 29-02-12.
Moving on to the main point, Leap year - as everyone must be aware of, the year gives us that added day because according to Wikipedia, 'a common year is almost 6 hours shorter than a solar year'. So when all those lost hours are put together, it becomes a complete day and a part of our calender every four years. That reminds me of a funny incident from school days, when one of my classmates used to have grand celebration on his birthday, as he was able to do that only once in four year, what a day to be born !
Just got a leap day deals mail from groupon, different !! And ofcourse, the date is so obviously different too - 29-02-12.