We are taught that leap years is simply mechanical: Add four to the year. And there you have it! Four every four years, February 29th … Read More

Years aren’t cubed blocks of time; they’re not even all equal. Leap days mean we rely on leap years to keep seasonal and solar years … Read More

To determine if a year are a leap year, you don’t simply divide by four. Not quite: all of the century years gets skipped (e.g., … Read More

There’s a certain type of angst in the third week of February. You glance up at the calendar and it’s as if you’ve just begun. … Read More

Yeah, I get it. It’s late August. The A/C has been running overtime, and all of a sudden you’re staring at calendar wondering if there … Read More

Some months feel longer then others. There are so many days left on calendar and it doesn’t look promising. How many more day do you … Read More

Then one day you wake up and it’s suddenly just three months to go until end of the year. It’s not a future on a … Read More

The common wisdom say that the fiscal year starts on Jan 1 and ends on Dec 31. This makes sense: we have a wall-mounted calendar, … Read More

The date says it’s July. So you think: OK, I’m halfway through the year. And you’re half-right, half-right, until you realize that you don’t work … Read More

Humans are terrible at performing mental arithmetic spanning months. For example, you might know that June comes before July, but you have to look up … Read More