When it's a leap year? A leap year is a year with 366 days instead of 365; every 4 years in February one extra day is added. This is done because one year doesn't contain 365 days but 365.25 days. By adding once in the 4 years one extra additional day this problem is solved. Any year that is divisible by 4 is a leap year, such as 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028. Note: The above rule does not apply to century years. Centuries such as 1900 and 2000 only have a leap day if they are divisible by 400. 1900 is divisible by 4 and also by 100, but not by 400, so not a leap year. This means that centuries are only a leap year if they are divisible by 400. So 1900 is not, 2000 is, 2100, 2200, 2300 is not, but 2400 is another leap year. 2016 February 29, 2016 2020 February 29, 2020 2024 February 29, 2024 2028 February 29, 2028 2032 February 29, 2032 2036 February 29, 2036 2040 February 29, 2040 2044 February 29, 2044 2048 February 29, 2048 2052 February 29, 2052 2056 February 29, 2056 2060 February 29, 2060 2064 February 29, 2064 ....