leap day

GPTKB entity

Statements (15)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf calendar day
gptkbp:alternativeName intercalary day
gptkbp:celebratedIn leaplings (people born on February 29)
gptkbp:date February 29
gptkbp:hasNo common year
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label leap day
gptkbp:introduced Julian calendar reform (45 BC)
gptkbp:occurs_every 4 years
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Gregorian_calendar
gptkb:Julian_calendar
gptkbp:purpose to keep calendar year synchronized with astronomical year
gptkbp:retained_in Gregorian calendar reform (1582)
gptkbp:skipped_in_years years divisible by 100 but not by 400
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Intercalary_year
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7