A Question Of Dates

Question

The forthcoming year 2096 will be a leap year.

During which year will the next leap fall after 2096?

Answer 1

In the next 4 years... 2016. They come every 4 years. If you want to know whether or not a year is leap, just divide it by 4. If it's possible, then, it's a leap year.

Example: 2012 /4 = 503; leap year. 2013/4 = 503.25; not a leap year.

Sorry, I was not explicit enough, but hey what an answer. - Eddy, Jan 4, 2012

then it will be 2096+4= the year 2100. - lydianish1, Jan 4, 2012

Lydianish: Leap years do not *always* come every four years. The length of the solar year is slightly less than 365¼ days—by about 11 minutes. To compensate for this discrepancy, the leap year is omitted three times every four hundred years. - Gekkosan, Jan 4, 2012

Answer 2

For a century to be a leap year it must be divisible by 400. So,

2000 was a leap

2100, 2200 and 2300, although being divisible by 4 will not be leap years since they are not divisible by 400.

The next leap year century will be 2400.

De Acuerdo. - gringojrf, Jan 4, 2012

Answer 3

2104?

¿veintiuno, cero cuatro?

Leap years are every 4, but only every fourth hundred. So 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not. 2000 was, 2100, 2200and 2300 will not, 2400 will be.

Exactamente, dos mil ciento cuatro pero no cuentes la razón. - Eddy, Jan 4, 2012

You written the last part backwards. - samdie, Jan 5, 2012

Well spotted. - fontanero, Jan 15, 2012

Answer 4

Lydianish gave the correct reason above. The solar year is not exactly 365.25 days so occasionally a leap year is not observed on the normal every four year schedule. However, I thought it was skipped once every 400 years. Not three times in 400 years.

Answer 5

The first answer by lydianish1 is incorrect. Anymore guesses?