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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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[[Cueball]], checking his phone, comments on how fast time goes, saying it is already March. (This comic was posted on March 1, 2021.) Black Hat overhears him and says that it's actually February 29. | [[Cueball]], checking his phone, comments on how fast time goes, saying it is already March. (This comic was posted on March 1, 2021.) Black Hat overhears him and says that it's actually February 29. | ||
− | February 29 exists in the {{w|Gregorian calendar}} and its predecessor, the {{w|Julian calendar}}, as a {{w|Intercalation (timekeeping)|correction mechanism}} for the fact that one {{w|tropical year}} on Earth is not exactly 365 days long. It's closer to 365. | + | February 29 exists in the {{w|Gregorian calendar}} and its predecessor, the {{w|Julian calendar}}, as a {{w|Intercalation (timekeeping)|correction mechanism}} for the fact that one {{w|tropical year}} on Earth is not exactly 365 days long. It's closer to 365.25, and to prevent the dates from precessing relative to the seasons, an extra day is added once every fourth year, also called a leap year. This is still not enough to completely match Earth's orbital period, and for that reason the Gregorian Calendar changed the leap year rules to be as follows: Every year that is exactly divisible by four is a leap year, except for years that are exactly divisible by 100, but these centurial years are leap years if they are exactly divisible by 400. |
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− | + | [[Black Hat]] wants ''every'' year to have a February 29, for no clear reason. Cueball initially thinks February 29 would be just a new name for March 1, but Black Hat clarifies that he actually wants to add another day, and the day AFTER that will be March 1. This results in a 366-day year, in which the months would rapidly drift out of alignment with the seasons and effectively become meaningless. Black Hat is unconcerned with the effect this will have on the "people of the future", claiming that they should live with the consequences. | |
− | In the title text, Cueball responds that this change would also cause issues for him, who is "living in the present", and | + | In the title text, Cueball responds that this change would also cause issues for him, who is "living in the present", and should not cause him to be a "person of the future" instead. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Cueball checking his phone in a narrow panel.] | :[Cueball checking his phone in a narrow panel.] | ||
:Cueball: Can't believe it's already March. | :Cueball: Can't believe it's already March. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | ||
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