February

February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. It is the shortest Gregorian month and the only month with the length of 28 or 29 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four (except for years that are divisible by 100 and not by 400). In other years the month has 28 days.

Trivia

• February 30 has occurred three times in history.
• In common years February begins on the same day of the week as March and November. In leap years February begins on the same day of the week as August.
• February's flower is the carnation.
• February's birthstone is the amethyst.