# Today is 300th anniversary of Sweden's February 30 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-300th-anniversary-of-swedens-february-30/614389 "2012-02-29T20:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-300th-anniversary-of-swedens-february-30/614389/1 "2012-02-29T20:57:29Z")
This may be too mundane and pointless even for this forum, but the window for celebrating the anniversary of [February 30](http://www.timeanddate.com/date/february-30.html) is just today, so I hurried to post just in case. When Europe converted to the Gregorian calendar, they needed to _discard_ days, rather than _adding_ extra leap days but what happened, I think, is this: Sweden came up with its own conversion plan, discarding a day (Feb. 29) every 4 years, _but then changed its mind_ after a decade or so, so added an _extra_ leap day, to get resynchronized with Julian-calendar Europe. (PS: As I post it is Feb. 30, or if you prefer, March 1, _in my timezone_.) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-300th-anniversary-of-swedens-february-30/614389/2 "2012-02-29T23:59:07Z")
Lousy Smarch weather… ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-300th-anniversary-of-swedens-february-30/614389/3 "2012-03-01T07:09:01Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Today is 300th anniversary of Sweden’s February 30 I like it. It’s the anniversary that can never actually happen! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-300th-anniversary-of-swedens-february-30/614389/4 "2012-03-01T07:22:53Z")
Sweden still owes me a massage! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-300th-anniversary-of-swedens-february-30/614389/5 "2012-03-01T14:02:35Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Sweden still owes me a massage! :mad: All you’re getting is the Fish. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-300th-anniversary-of-swedens-february-30/614389/6 "2012-03-01T14:27:39Z")
I think big corporations should take all the effort they spend to promote materialism on Christmas, Mother’s Day, and Valentine’s day and focus it all on the February 30 holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-300th-anniversary-of-swedens-february-30/614389/7 "2012-03-01T23:36:49Z")
I think this comic is relevant > **[The Final Leap – Nedroid Picture Diary 2](http://nedroid.com/comic/the-final-leap/)** ---
**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:** [March 2, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-300th-anniversary-of-swedens-february-30/614389/8 "2012-03-02T15:28:17Z")
So the poor saps born on that day are still awaiting their first birthday?