February 30

TheFebruary 30or30 Februarydoesn't exist in both Julian and Gregorian calendar. The month February has only 28 days (29 days in a leap year).

Real life

February 30 was a real date in few calendars.

Early Julian calendar

Johannes de Sacroboscoclaimed that from 45 BC to 8 BC, the February had 30 days in leap year. In 8 BC,Augustusadded 31 days in August. It made the February shorter.

Swedish calendar

Swedish calendar for February 1712

In 1700, Sweden tried to change theirJulian calendardate toGregorian calendardate by removing allleap yearsfrom 1700. However, the 1704 and 1708 became leap days by mistake. So Sweden added 2 leap days in February 1712 to match their dates with the Julian calendar. They changed to Gregorian calendar in 1753 by removing the 11 days from February.

Soviet calendar

Many sources claimed that from 1929 to 1940, the Soviet Union used a new calendar. It had 5-6 weeks and 30 days each month. Other 5 days were holidays in the calendar, just like theFrench Republican Calendar.

Fictional calendars

InJ. R. R. Tolkien'sMiddle-earthlegendarium,theHobbitshave developed theShire Reckoning.

According to Appendix D toThe Lord of the Rings,this calendar has 12 months and 360 days. The month the Hobbits callSolmathactually saysFebruaryin the text. The month shows 30 days.

February 30, 1951, is the last night of the world inRay Bradbury's short story, "Last Night of the World".