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Why does leap year change the days of the week?

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The days change every year. 365 days is 52 weeks and 1 day. So a date in any year, is always on a day of the week later in the following year. In a leap year there are 366 days, so that is 52 weeks and 2 days. So days after the 29th of February are on a day of the week 2 days later than they were in the previous year, continuing until the end of February in the following year.

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