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. Leap year birthdays are usually held on the 28th when it's not leap year.

February was probably named for the Roman god Februus, the god of purification or the Roman god Juno Februata the goddess of passion. February was nominally the last month of the Roman calendar, as the year originally began in March. At certain intervals Roman priests inserted an intercalary month, Mercedonius, after February to realign the year with the seasons. Historical names for February include the Anglo-Saxon terms Solmoneth (mud month) and Kale-monath (named for cabbage) as well as Charlemagne's designation Hornung. In old Japanese calendar, the month is called Kisaragi (如月, 絹更月 or 衣更月). It is sometimes also called Mumetsuki (梅見月) or Konometsuki (木目月). In Finnish, the month is called helmikuu, meaning "month of the pearl".

February is recognized as Black History Month in the United States and Canada.

"February" is pronounced without the first r, as "Febuary", by many speakers. This is probably elision, or an analogical change influenced by "January".

February 2006

 * February 1, 2006 - Gaia Storyline update tonight at 6 PM
 * February 1, 2006 - Ian Was Shot
 * February 3, 2006 - Phone donation error resolved.
 * February 3, 2006 - Enchanted Trunk converting into Brown Giftbox
 * February 4, 2006 - Fishing Store is upgraded! Wish List from the stores!
 * February 4, 2006 - NPC Name Migration
 * February 7, 2006 - Introducing Gaia Channels
 * February 9, 2006 - New Rares, both on the Forums and in Towns!
 * February 10, 2006 - Hair Salon glitch and recovery
 * February 10, 2006 - Item Update
 * February 11, 2006 - Gaiapedia adopts new wiki logo
 * February 14, 2006 - Valentine's Festivities 2006
 * February 14, 2006 - Hair Salon Update February 14, 2006

Donation Letters in February

 * 2004 - ZONY Discman and ZONY MP3 Player
 * 2005 - Solar Cloak and Lunar Cloak
 * 2006 - TBD