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How does a leap year differ from a normal year?

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In the Gregorian calendar, a regular year has 365 days, while a leap year has 366 days: one day more. The difference is that February has 28 days in a regular year but 29 days in a leap year. read more

The difference between a year and a leap year is that a leap year has an extra day added to the end of February and a year is just a normal year (Which is 365 days.). read more

The name "leap year" probably comes from the fact that while a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar normally advances one day of the week from one year to the next, the day of the week in the 12 months following the leap day (from March 1 through February 28 of the following year) will advance two days due to the extra day (thus "leaping over" one of the days in the week). read more

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