
Given the following passage

"A language-independent alternative used in many countries is to hold up one's two fists with the index knuckle of the left hand against the index knuckle of the right hand. Then, starting with January from the little knuckle of the left hand, count knuckle, space, knuckle, space through the months. A knuckle represents a month of 31 days, and a space represents a short month (a 28- or 29-day February or any 30-day month). The junction between the hands is not counted, so the two index knuckles represent July and August.",

answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text.

Question: The first space between the first two knuckles of the left hand equates to a month with how many days in it? 

28- or 29
