Seize the day: The magic and mystery of leap years

[jetdawgg]

Thursday, 28 February 2008 <br />
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&lt;!--proximic_content_on--&gt;For most of us, the arrival of 29 February means one extra day at work, another day on the mortgage and 24 hours' delay in the arrival of...

[rktect3j]

Shouldn't we still be off by 10 minutes per year then? Six years down the road, even with leap year, it would be an hour off. 72 years down the road and night is day as we are 12 hours off. Something is still screwed up here.

[JinxJr]

Interesting article...always liked history too but frankly, 72 years from now I probably won't care much about what time it is. For the time being, I get a paycheck every two weeks and as long as nobody screws with that, I'm a happy guy.

[bucksgted]

Twelve years ago on this date, 29 FEB 1960, I started my career with Big Blue. Sure am glad they figured my benefits and service from 28 FEB. ROTFLMAO