On 1/1/99 4:13 PM so and so (CIAG6@aol.com) said. (And I quote:)
>In a message dated 99-01-01 13:07:16 EST, macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>writes:
>
><< Lawrie, et al
> the millennium does not start for 1 MORE Year!!.
> It will not be the 21st Century until 1/1/2001. not 1/1/2000. The 20th
> Century did not start until 1/1/1901. Or do we have just 99 years this
> Century??
>
> The popular press keeps getting this wrong.
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget >>
> Oh, really? You are assuming that the year number refers to the number of
>years that have been completed. It actually refers to the year that we are
>in. Yes, the 2000th year will begin in the year 2000.
>
>Ray G
>Colorado
Oh really? The First Century started in the year 1 not the year 0.
Therfore each century starts as of the the year 1. i.e. 101, 201, ...
2001 etc. So the 2000th year will begin on 1/1/2001.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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