Re: The New Century & Millenium Does Not Start On January 1, 2000

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From: Stargazer
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 00:00

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>The answer to your question would hinge on the date the callendar
>began. Was there a year zero?

The answer to that is "no," making the first day of the millenia Jan 1, 1
A.D. (with the last New Year's eve of the previous millenia on Dec 31, 1
B.C.).

  stargazer@intercall.net

"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

                                                                            
         --Sarah Williams

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