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If the Olympics and presidential elections only happen once every 4 years, why the hell are we not doing them on February 29th???? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To move it to Feb 29th you'd have either a 9-month shorter term, or a 3 years and 3 months longer one.

[โ€“] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oh wait, yeah, you're right, I accounted for "late the next February" without taking into account that wouldn't be a leap year. Sometimes math escapes me.