Thursday is Feb. 29 — the bissextle or "leap day," an artifact dating back to the year 46 B.C. Back then, Julius Caesar took the advice of the learned astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria, who knew from ...
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story ran in February 2025. It has been updated for 2026. If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans ...
If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans for that oddity. Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set ...
2024 is a leap year, which means that this February will have an extra day tacked onto the end. But why February? Why not put Leap Day at the beginning of the year, say Jan. 0, or at the end, Dec. 32?
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