Claim: Neal Schon was born towards the end of a month.

February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars . It is the shortest month of the year as it is the only month to have a length of less than 30 days . The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years , with the quadrennial 29th day being called the `` leap day . ''   February is the third month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere . In the Southern Hemisphere , February is the last month of summer -LRB- the seasonal equivalent of August in the Northern Hemisphere , in meteorological reckoning -RRB- .