# I really want a post with a Leap Day timestamp. Happy Leap Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335 "2012-02-29T12:55:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/1 "2012-02-29T12:55:55Z")
Happy Leap Day! I’m not sure what that means exactly but my OCD is satisfied. Please feel free to post your own thoughts on Leap Day or my OCD. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/2 "2012-02-29T13:26:28Z")
A leap day is caused by the Earth having a little rest in it’s orbit. Everyone needs a day off now and then. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/3 "2012-02-29T13:28:10Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > A leap day is caused by the Earth having a little rest in it’s orbit. Everyone needs a day off now and then. Is it sad that it’s not even March and I’m burned out? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/4 "2012-02-29T13:32:32Z")
It could be March. But it’s not. Freaky. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/5 "2012-02-29T13:36:25Z")
Yay for Leap Day, a day for nerds everywhere. 😉 A lot of people seem to be confused by the complications of the Leap Day schedule, but as a nerd, I really appreciate all the effort that went into it - both the observations that were necessary to prove that there are approximately 365.2425 solar days in a year, and the creativity to work out some sort of logical schedule to give us an extra day 97 years out of every 400 to account for that extra .2425 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/6 "2012-02-29T13:41:42Z")
I can’t believe it’s only a week and a half till daylight saving time. It just started being light for the beginning of my morning drive, and now I’ve got to start in the dark again. On the plus side, it will still be light out when I get home. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/7 "2012-02-29T14:20:47Z")
Thanks to leap day and a miserable cold I sent my son off yesterday morning with hugs, glad you could visit last night and not a single “Happy Birthday” I knew march 1 was Thursday so I thought today was his birthday. Poor kid got a Happy Birthday text instead. Bad mom! ---
**Author:** ![Hallucinex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/8 "2012-02-29T14:28:27Z")
Real life is for March ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/9 "2012-02-29T14:28:55Z")
I don’t celebrate leap day. Stupid commercial holiday :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/10 "2012-02-29T14:31:43Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > A leap day is caused by the Earth having a little rest in it’s orbit. Everyone needs a day off now and then. I’m at work. (It’s a part-time job. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/11 "2012-02-29T14:40:13Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I’m at work. > > (It’s a part-time job. 🙂 ) Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/12 "2012-02-29T14:43:19Z")
I’ve always thought it sad that we, as a species, couldn’t come up with some creative once-every-four-years holiday for Leap Day. Instead we schlep off to the office like it’s just another day. And it isn’t just us nose-to-the-grindstone Americans. _Even the French_ are working today. Come on, humanity! Show some creativity. Lighten up. Wookie Life Day would be better than this. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/13 "2012-02-29T14:43:28Z")
I’m just waiting for Leap Day William to trade me some candy for my tears. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/14 "2012-02-29T14:43:45Z")
Happy Leap Year Day to all! You know it’s also Frederic’s birthday from _Pirates of Penzance_, of course: [The Pirates of Penzance - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_penzance) ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/15 "2012-02-29T15:17:30Z")
It’s my brother’s wedding anniversary. he and his wife like to tell people they’ve only been married for 5 years even though it feels like 20 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/16 "2012-02-29T15:37:58Z")
You don’t wear white robes and throw pickles from your roof? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/17 "2012-02-29T15:41:15Z")
How come years with 366 days jump in English but are double-sixed in Spanish and Catalan? How do you guys make a year jump in the first place? And what are the names and their roots in other languages, eh? I’m too lazy to start looking it up… off to GQ with me! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/18 "2012-02-29T15:58:50Z")
> [@Pixel\_Dent](#): > > You don’t wear white robes and throw pickles from your roof? I used to, but the pickle juice kept staining the robe. Now I just use cucumbers. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/19 "2012-02-29T16:10:59Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I used to, but the pickle juice kept staining the robe. Now I just use cucumbers. Ah, there’s the problem. If you’d used a nice spotted dog, it would bounce. The custard serves as lubrication as well. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335/20 "2012-02-29T16:25:35Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Ah, there’s the problem. If you’d used a nice spotted dog, it would bounce. The custard serves as lubrication as well. You crazy Canadians. Here in God’s country we use WD-40. I for one am glad for this day. For well over a year, I keep getting an error when I try to create files with a date as the file name. Yes, I want to overwrite the old one! 2006 had the same dates on the same days, so that’s what I’m overwriting. I’m hoping that starting this Friday, that’s no longer a concern. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-a-post-with-a-leap-day-timestamp-happy-leap-day/614335.md?page=2)