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Re: OT: "Official" start of new millennium
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Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
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Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 28 Dec 1999 20:32:02 -0500
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Emerson, Tom # El Monte <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> OK then, consider this simple test:
>
> q1: what is the first day of the 21st century?
> q2: what is the first day of the 20th century?
> q3: the 19th?
> q4: the 18th?
> q5: the 17th?
> q6: the 16th?
> q7: the 15th?
> q8: the 14th?
> ...
> q18: the 4th?
> q19: the 3th?
> q20: the 2nd?
> q21: the 1st?
>
> AHA! If you answered "Jan 1, 2000" to the first question (as "everyone"
> seems to be purporting), you run into the conundrum of NOT being able to
> answer the last question -- there was NO YEAR ZERO!

The answer to the conundrum is that there *was* a year zero (AD).  It was
the same as year 1 BC.

Jim Phillips

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