The perpetual calendar-or quantième perpétuel ("QP") for the Francophones among us-has been kicking around the horological world for nearly three centuries. Thomas Mudge, an English watchmaker ...

they technically only have a birthday every four years on the actual leap day. Those leapers don’t get a birthday this year. Wondering what exactly is a leap day or leap year? Here's what to know.

Many Leap Year babies celebrate on Feb. 28 or March 1 most years. A Leap year gives them the opportunity the rest of us have every year — to enjoy their birthday on their actual date of birth.

We've used leap years for over 2,000 years so our calendars are more in sync with the Earth’s rotation around the Sun. What is a leap year? Generally we define a year as 365 days, but a full ...

February 29 only comes around every four years - do you know the Irish history and traditions of Leap Day? Ireland's folklore is full of wonderful, funny, strange, but sometimes outdated ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Each planet in our solar system takes a different amount of time to complete one orbit around the sun. For example, Mercury, being closest to the sun, takes just 88 Earth days to ...

February is here and romance is in the air - particularly with 2024 marking a leap year. Along with an opportunity to make use of the extra day, leap years have also long been associated with not just ...

the crown winds the watch manually. Pulling it out one stop further to the second position allows one to adjust the date clockwise and the month and leap year counterclockwise. In position three ...