Why does school start in the fall? There’s actually a very good reason for this, and it dates back more than a century!

This is often why there are budget impasses and the threat of short-term government shutdowns in the fall—budgets need approval by the start of the new fiscal year. Many non-profits also follow a ...

The calendar year, as the name implies, follows the structure of a standard calendar and begins on January 1. A fiscal year lasts for the same duration -- 365 days -- but can begin any time as ...

In the Gregorian calendar, every fourth year was a leap year; however, century years that were divisible 400 were exempted. So, for example, the years 2000 and 1600 were leap years, but not 1900 ...

The presence or absence of a February 29 on the calendar determines with great significance whether the equinox shifts forwards or backwards in time from the prior year's equinox. 2020 marked the ...

The marking of a New Year is an age-old tradition around the world—food, fireworks and reflection with friends and family are common threads, but ultimately this varies between different ...

For example, Excel 2010 offers 2012, 2011 and 2010 calendars. Scroll through the calendar templates available for that year and double-click one, such as "Calendar creator any year" in the 2012 ...

For centuries, humans struggled to sync civil, religious, and agricultural calendars with the solar year. Adding a ‘leap year’ solved the problem—though just for the next 3,300 years.