Your chance of being born on leap day is less than 0.1%, yet when the TODAY show put out a call for leapers (people who were born on Feb. 29), we received over 1,000 responses ... and 23 leapers ...

Short answer: Every four years, in the same years as American presidential elections and summer Olympics. Longer answer: Almost, but not quite, every four years. Need a news break? Check out the all ...

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We get that extra day because we measure time, in part, by the days it takes our planet to go around the sun. Because we do that, every four years our calendar must come into agreement with the ...

This February, you'll have a little extra time to get things done − one whole day, to be exact. 2024 is a leap year, meaning we will have a 29th day tacked on to the end of this month. Occurring only ...

There are only 24 hours in a day, and only 365 days in a year, it's often said. But every four years, that changes. This year is a leap year, which means we have 366 days in 2024. Here's what you need ...

Happy birthday, leaplings! As you know, there is no Feb. 29, 2025, 2024 was the most recent Leap Year, and the next Leap Day ...

Leap year is an intriguing phenomenon that most people don’t think of except when it happens every four years. For some, it’s a mystical event, while for others, it’s simply an extra work day. But ...