In honor of Leap Day, this read is for the history nerds. Ever wonder how America caught our calendar up with the rest of the world? In September 1752, we skipped 11 days. According to NASA, the Earth ...

October was picked as the month to lose 10 days as it didn’t clash with any major events in the Christian calendar. Following ...

This morning we all faced resetting our clocks unless you did it before going to bed last night. We have returned to Standard Time in which ideally the clock is aligned with the sun. Stated simply, ...

Most ordinary folks are governed by the calendar and time they reckon by their watch. Gregorian or English calendar was born after the Julian calendar of Julius Caesar, based upon Greenwich Mean Time ...

In 1712, Sweden added an extra leap day, Feb. 30, to its calendar, for that year and that year alone. Every fourth year on the Gregorian calendar is a "leap year" — one in which an extra day (called a ...

A basic grasp of the calendar is crucial for managing daily schedules and time effectively Also In This Package Photos: Sharjah International Book Fair 2023 kicks off Saudis adopt Gregorian calendar ...

Christmas and New Year is a time when many Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian (old) calendar wonder why they do so; or rather, those who follow the Gregorian (new) calendar wonder why the old ...