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2008 calendar in Telephone Directory is wrong
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The 2008 calendar printed on the back page of the new Telephone Directory is wrong. This is because February is shown as having 28 days when it should be 29, as next year is a leap year.
It follows that not only February, but the months that follow, are wrong.
A leap year is a year in which an extra day is added to the calendar in order to synchronize it with the seasons. Since the tropical year is 365.242190 days long, a leap year must be added roughly once every four years. In a leap year, the extra day (known as a leap day) is added at the end of February, giving it 29 instead of the usual 28 days.
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