Why Leap Day doesn't actually fix the problem with the calendar

[GURPS]

Since the Earth doesn’t take exactly 365 days to revolve around the sun, an extra day is added to the month of February every four years. It turns out, however, the math behind Leap Day is actually much more complicated.

In order to account for the mathematical issue, Leap Day is skipped on “centurial years not divisible by 400.” So, the year 1900 wasn’t a leap, but 2000 was. (iStock)
The basic concept behind Leap Day is this: It takes the Earth 365 and one-quarter of a day to revolve around the sun. In order to keep the calendar and seasons in sync, Leap Day was invented. Every four years, that extra quarter of a day is accounted for.

Unfortunately, even those numbers are still incorrect.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/leap-day-complicated-math

 

[RoseRed]

 

[Grumpy]

 

[Yooper]

Is there a skipping year...?

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[Rommey]

Don't forget about leap seconds they periodically add, the last one being Dec 31, 2016.

 

[Ken King]

Is there a skipping year...?

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Yep, as far as I can tell the year zero (0) is always skipped.

 

[Yooper]

Is there a skipping year...?

I had forgotten about that Thanks for the reminder.

But what I had in mind when I initially posted was something @SailorGirl brought up:

Skipping

So today I went to pick up the mail and decided to see if I could skip out to the mailbox. Remember skipping - something you should probably give up at the tender age of twenty something. Turns out I can't do it anymore and fell flat on my face. Nice little road rash on my hands and what...

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[Yooper]

classic wasn't it?

Yup. One of your best!

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[vraiblonde]

 

[Hijinx]

I don't do maff.