How many leap years have there been since 1992?

There have been 7 leap years since 1992 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016).

Leap years are needed to keep our modern day Gregorian calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the sun.

It takes the Earth approximately 365.242189 days – or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds – to circle once around the Sun. This is called a tropical year, and is measured from the March equinox.

However, the Gregorian calendar has only 365 days in a year, so if we didn't add a leap day on February 29 nearly every four years, we would lose almost six hours off our calendar every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be off by around 24 days!

The only verified example of a family producing three consecutive generations born on 29 February is that of the Keogh's, according to Guinness World Records.

Peter Anthony (Ireland) (b.1940), his son Peter Eric (UK) (b. 1964) and his grand-daughter Bethany Wealth (UK) (b. 1996) all celebrate their birthdays infrequently every four years.

Here are 10 fun facts about leap years and leap days, featured at Cleveland.com.

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Monday, March 07 2016


Source: http://www.miniwebtool.com/leap-years-list/?start_year=1900&end_year=2020

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