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Leap Year
When a year is Leap, that year has 366 Days.
One day extra is added in the month of February.
The previous Leap Year was 2016 and the next will be 2020.
To account for the extra days, every fourth year was made a leap year.
This made the average length of a year to be 365.25 days.
A year occurring every 4 year contains 29 days, in the month of
February, this phenomenon is known as Leap Year.
This concept was adopted by the Gregorian Calendar.
Tick mark the Leap Years
2016 2018 2020 2121 2024 2025
2026 2028 2031 2032 2036 2038
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