February >28th
Happy Leap Day, everyone! I find myself trying to write the date as much as possible today, just to get it down on paper.
Once in college a friend did some quick addition to get the date of his upcoming party, so the hand-written invites went out with the date “February 30″. Believe it or not, there was actually a February 30, 1712 in Sweden! Swans on Tea has a great history of this little bit of calendar weirdness.
Even Google is celebrating the day in their own little way.
How are you all celebrating Leap Day?
February 29, 2008 2:44 pm 3 Comments
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By Chris, February 29, 2008 @ 11:53 pm
The first thing somebody said to me today was “Happy Leap Day” to which I responded “Dude, Leap Day was a week ago.”
It’s 24 February
By Jim, March 1, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
@Chris:
Very cool!
It constantly amazes me how the calendar, something so integral to society, economy, and culture, has been so variable throughout history.
By Bill Ruhsam, March 3, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
This year’s February 30th Party was quite a blast. Too bad you guys don’t live closer.
Maybe in four years…