2000 is a leap year

I would like to comment on the letter from Dr. Bagus Mulyadi published in The Jakarta Post on Dec. 18, 1999 titled 2000 is no leap year.

In The world book dictionary published by World Book Inc. Chicago it says that: "... leap year. 1. A year having 366 days. The extra day is Feb. 29. A leap year can be divided exactly by four, except years at the end of a century, which must be exactly divisible by 400. The years 1968 and 2000 are leap years. The years 1900 and 1969 are not ..."

SUNARTO PRAWIROSUJANTO

Jakarta