![Scientoid Logic [1200x1160 - 181KB]](https://pic8.co/sh/jqG08G.jpg){kind=link}
Leap year is because the number of daytimes doesn't fit exactly in one year. You're thinking of the leap second, first implemented in 1972 when timekeeping became more accurate than the rotation of the earth.
Leap *year* is because the number of daytimes doesn't fit exactly in one year. You're thinking of the leap *second*, first implemented in 1972 when timekeeping became more accurate than the rotation of the earth.
(post is archived)