How to Determine if a Year is a Leap Year

Learn how to quickly check if a year is a leap year based on simple mathematical rules.

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To determine if the current year is a leap year, check if it is divisible by 4. Additionally, century years must be divisible by 400. If today’s year meets these criteria, it is indeed a leap year; otherwise, it isn’t.

FAQs & Answers

  1. What is a leap year? A leap year is a year that has an extra day, February 29, making it 366 days long instead of the usual 365.
  2. How often do leap years occur? Leap years occur every four years, but century years must be divisible by 400 to be considered leap years.
  3. Why do we have leap years? Leap years are necessary to synchronize the calendar year with the astronomical year, accounting for the extra approximately 0.2425 days in a solar year.

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