* Dates are accurate to within [1] day of your local time zone.

The year 2008 is a leap year and it has 366 days [the date system being used is Gregorian as well as for the remainder the site]. A prior leap year occurred in 2004 and the next leap year will happen in 2012.

 * The leap year's purpose is to reconcile the earth's orbit around the sun. So the seasons stay in step with the month's for each year.

*scheduled or likely to happen

Year 2008 countdown calendar for countdowns to popular dates/times of the year 2008.
Holidays for 2008 main holidays for the year and when the fall on.
Yearly calendar about yearly calendars with a perpetual calendar that goes through year 2030.