Is 2024 The Next Leap Year Calendar. We get an extra day during years that are. Normally the 29th day of a month might not seem that significant, but in most years february only has 28 days. The time it takes for earth to orbit the sun doesn’t work out to an even number of days.

Including a leap day every four. Leap year arose from the fact that the earth takes a little more than 365 days to orbit the sun — 365 days, 6 hours and 9 minutes, to be more exact.