February 29
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Summary
February 29 is a point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,099 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: leap day[3], last day of February[4]
- Follows: February 28[5]
- Followed by: February 30[6], March 1[7]
- Subclass of: 29th[8]
- Part of: February[9]
- Commons category: 29 February[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:February 29[11]
- Commons gallery: February 29[12]
- Described at URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/insider/big-and-bizarre-headlines-from-a-bonus-news-day.html[13], https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/you-have-an-extra-24-hours-what-will-you-do/[14]
- Event interval: 4 years[15]
- Day of week: Sunday[16], Monday[17], Tuesday[18], Wednesday[19], Thursday[20], Friday[21], Saturday[22]
- Category for births in this time period: Category:February 29 births[23]
- Category for deaths in this time period: Category:February 29 deaths[24]
Why It Matters
February 29 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]