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17:00-17:45 Leap Day Celebration day Event Cache

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Hidden : Saturday, February 29, 2020
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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29 February 2020, 17:00 - 17:45

A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year containing an additional day (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, a month) added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. 
Looking to meet up inside where there is loads of seating - look for us by the coffee stand


Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat in a whole number of days, calendars that have the same number of days in each year drift over time with respect to the event that the year is supposed to track.

By inserting (also called intercalating) an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected.

A year that is not a leap year is called a common year.

For example, in the Gregorian calendar, each leap year has 366 days instead of 365, by extending February to 29 days rather than the common 28. These extra days occur in years which are multiples of four (with the exception of centennial years not divisible by 400).

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbxvat gb zrrg hc vafvqr jurer gurer vf ybnqf bs frngvat - ybbx sbe hf ol gur pbssrr fgnaq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)