- List of leap years
In the
Gregorian calendar , the current standard calendar in most of the world, most years that are divisible by 4 areleap years . In a leap year, the month of February has 29 days instead of 28. This compensates for the fact that asolar year is about 6 hours longer than 365 days, by adding an extra day to the calendar every four years.However, the duration of a solar year is slightly "less" than 365.25 days, requiring some exceptions to this rule. Years which are divisible by 100 are "not" leap years, unless they are also divisible by 400, in which case they "are" leap years. [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.349 Royal Observatory, Greenwich: Leap years] ] [http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/leap_years.php USNO (U.S. Naval Observatory): Leap Years] ] For example, 1600 and 2000 were leap years, but 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not. Going forward, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2900, and 3000 will not be leap years, but 2400 and 2800 will be. By this rule, the average number of days per year will be 365 + 1/4 − 1/100 + 1/400 = 365.2425, which is very close to the length of a solar year (approximately 365.2422 days).
What follows is a list of all leap years from the year 1600 (
AD /CE) to 2024:1600 1604 1608 1612 1616 1620 1624 1628 1632 1636 1640 1644 1648 1652 1656 1660 1664 1668 1672 1676 1680 1684 1688 1692 1696 1704 1708 1712 1716 1720 1724 1728 1732 1736 1740 1744 1748 1752 1756 1760 1764 1768 1772 1776 1780 1784 1788 1792 1796 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012201620202024References
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