Why is there no 30th February?

In order to fully sync the calendar with the lunar year, the Roman king Numa Pompilius added January and February to the original 10 months. The previous calendar had had 6 months of 30 days and 4 months of 31, for a total of 304 days. He subtracted a day from each of the 30-day months to make them 29.

Why Some months have 30 days?

The ancient Romans, like ancient civilizations before them, based their concept of the month on the Moon. Julius Caesar modified the Roman calendar in 46 B.C. to make each month have either 30 or 31 days, with the exception of Februarius, which had 29 days and gained an extra day every fourth year.

Why don t all the months have 30 days?

Have you ever WONDERed why all the months of the year don’t have the same number of days? Unfortunately, the lunar cycle is approximately 29.5 days, which does not divide evenly into the 365.25 days that make up a year. As a result, the earliest ancient Roman calendars had months that were either 29 or 30 days.

Can February have 30 days?

Can February have 30 days? In the Gregorian calendar, February has 28 days and once in four years, 29 days. However, Sweden had 30 days in February in 1712 while changing over from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.

Is February 30 a real date in the year?

February 30 Was a Real Date. Today, the month of February has 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years.

Why does Sweden have 30 days in February?

However, Sweden had 30 days in February in 1712 while changing over from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The Soviet Union also had 30 days in February during 1930 and 1931 when they were following a unique revolutionary calendar in which all months had 30 days with five or six holidays which were not part of any month.

How many times has there been 30 February in history?

1712 The only 30 February of history. There has been one, and only one February 30: in Sweden (which included Finland): 30 February 1712. That same day was reckoned as 29 February 1712 in those countries who still used the Julian calendar, and 11 March 1712 in those which had adopted the Gregorian calendar.