Century leap year was introduced in 1582, but was adopted by various countries over several centuries, with the result that some countries still used the older Julian calendar while others used the Gregorian calendar. Dates prior to 1582 are generally calculated using the Julian calendar, and different countries have different conventions about dates between 1582 and their adoption of the Gregorian calendar. (See, for example, Old Style and New Style dates.) Century leap year In the Gregorian calendar, a year ending in "00" that is divisible by 400 is a century leap year, with the intercalation of February 29 yielding 366 days instead
Decimal calendar Decimal calendar A decimal calendar is a calendar which includes units of time based on the decimal system. The original Roman calendar consisted of ten months (however, the calendar year only lasted 304 days, with 61 days during winter not assigned to any month). The months of Ianuarius and Februarius were added to the calendar by Numa Pompilius in 700 BC. The ancient Egyptian calendar consisted of twelve months, each divided into three weeks of ten days, with five intercalary days. The French Republican Calendar was introduced (along with decimal time) in 1793, and was similar to the ancient Egyptian