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the earth takes more than 365 days to circle the sun so that adds up to an extra day

and feb is shortest

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How many days in February on a non leap year?

In a non-leap year, February has 28 days. Leap years, which occur every four years, add an extra day, making February 29 days long. Therefore, for any standard year that is not a leap year, February will always have 28 days.


Why do you add a day in February?

for leap year the


How many days are there in a year and leap year?

365 days are in a normal year, so you add 1 more day and you have 366 days in a year.


What happens on a leap year?

Every year is actually 365 and 1/4 days long. So every 4 years they have to add another day so that everything stays in sync. So, every February, they add a an extra day, every 4 years, so that February has 29 days in Leap years and 28 in common years.


Do you loose a day every year?

actually, you lose approximately a quarter of a day every year. that is why every 4 years is called a leap year, where we add another day to february.


What is 365 days?

1 year 1 leap year = 366 days (add February 29th)


How would someone age if they were born on a leap year?

People born on February 29 add one to their legal age on March 1, if the year is not a leap year.


When was Leap Years created?

it was created when people knew that a year is 365.25 days. so they add a day to february every 4 years that it is only 365 days


What is a leap year Why does it occur once in four years?

A leap year is a year which has 366 days (February 29th). It happens because with the way the Earth rotates around the Sun, a years is actually 365.25 days. So every four years we add an extra day to the year to even things out.


The number of days in a leap year?

366. One more than usual. They add it in as February 29th.


How many days hours and minutes are in a year?

every year you have a left over of 1/4 day so every four years you add an extra day, this is called a leap year. there are 365 days a year and 366 days in a leap year


How many days in a summer leap year?

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