Leap Year Calculator — Check if a Year is a Leap Year

Leap Year Calculator

Check if any year is a leap year, calculate leap years in a range, and find the next leap years. Easy and accurate leap year calculations.

Step 1: Year Details

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Leap Year Rules

A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4, except for end-of-century years, which must be divisible by 400. This means 2000 was a leap year, but 1900 was not.

Step 2: Calculation Options

What is a Leap Year?

A leap year has 366 days instead of 365, with an extra day added to February (February 29). This adjustment keeps our calendar aligned with Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

Leap Year Calculation Results

Summary
Leap Year List
Explanation
2024 is a Leap Year
366 days, February has 29 days
Total Days
366
Next Leap Year
2028
Leap Years in Range
8
Days to Next Leap Day
~1461

Leap Years List

Year Leap Year? Divisible by 4 Divisible by 100 Divisible by 400 Result

Leap Year Rules Explained

Rule 1
Divisible by 4
Most years divisible by 4 are leap years
Rule 2
Exception: Century Years
Years ending in 00 must be divisible by 400
Rule 3
Gregorian Calendar
Introduced in 1582 to fix calendar drift
Accuracy
26 seconds/year
Error accumulates to 1 day every 3236 years

Leap Year Calculation Formula

if (year is not divisible by 4) then (it is a common year)
else if (year is not divisible by 100) then (it is a leap year)
else if (year is not divisible by 400) then (it is a common year)
else (it is a leap year)

Historical Leap Years

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