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Re:Mars Needs Leap Days Too by dahfizz on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:59PM (#22470451)
In fact, it was the Catholic church that officially declared the Gregorian calendar we use today. The motivation was to make sure Easter always fell on the same day.
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Re:Mars Needs Leap Days Too by btilly on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:10PM (#22470535)
Not quite on the same day as may be seen that it didn't fall on the same day before or after.

But he wanted it to stay close to the equinox.

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