Posts Tagged ‘February’

Why does February have 28 days?

Posted on September 5th, 2009 by by WhyDoes

In Roman times, the year only had 10 months and was based on the lunar cycle, which only had 29 and a half days. That calendar began at the spring equinox in March and ended with December. Because of the lunar calendar, the total number of days in the Roman calendar only summed up to [...]