2000 is no leap year

As an ophthalmologist I do not feel competent to write the following but I would like to have confirmation from experts that the year 2000 is no leap year. It is of interest for both the domestic and international communities.

When I was in high school from 1956 to 1959 my teacher of geophysics and cosmology said that correction of the number of days in one year is made every four years (pope Gregorius added that day in February so that in a leap year this month has 29 days). However, the extra day does not have 24 hours, only 23 hours 45 minutes and 48 seconds. Thus, there is a surplus of 14 minutes and 12 seconds every four years.

After 100 leap years, i.e. 100 times four equals 400 years, the surplus has accumulated to 1,400 minutes and 1,200 seconds, a total of 1,420 minutes. This total covers nearly one day that has 24 hours times 60 minutes, equaling 1,440 minutes. Therefore, every 400 years there is no leap year, i.e. February has 28 days. The year 2000 is a year that can be fully divided by 400 so that it is no leap year.

I would like to have confirmation on this matter from competent agencies, particularly the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.

DR. BAGUS MULYADI

Jakarta