Calendars & Time
Leap Year Isn't Every 4 Years: Why 2100 Skips February 29
In the Gregorian calendar, a year divisible by 4 is a leap year unless it is a century year not divisible by 400: 2000 was, 1900 and 2100 are not.
Published November 1, 2026
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"An Election Entertainment, Plate I: Four Prints of an Election" by William Hogarth — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_Election_Entertainment,_Plate_I-_Four_Prints_of_an_Election_MET_DP827052.jpg — CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)