Why Do We Accept Leap Day? Created by m.moebs on 2/25/2024 10:35:34 AM The use of idioms such as “setting something straight” emanated from Pope Gregory and his scientists setting the calendar straight in 1582. That was the year the Gregorian Calander leaped frogged over the Julian Calendar and made time straighter. Julian as in Julius Caesar who set up his time standard in 43 BC to make sure his legions were on time for battle.
Time is based on lunar periods. Some religious holidays are based on the full moon after the Spring Equinox.
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By G. Michael Moebs, Economist
The use of idioms such as “settng something straight” emanated from Pope Gregory and his scientists setting the calendar straight in 1582. That was the year the Gregorian Calander leaped frogged over the Julian Calendar and made time straighter. Julian as in Julius Caesar who set up his time standard in 43 BC to make sure his legions were on time for battle.
Time is based on lunar periods. Some religious holidays are based on the full moon after the Spring Equinox.
The earth’s rotation around the sun is not quite 365 days. It is a bit more; like 6 hours more. So, adding a day or leaping forward one day every 4 years corrected this. Well not quite. READ FULL ARTICLE
