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"Wilmer van der Gaast" <lintux AT dds DOT nl> wrote:
>
> Why does everybody say the new millennium starts in 2001??? I don't
believe
> it. Why do they start the counting of years with year #1??????

When the current calendaring system was invented (the one that
sets year MM as this year), there was no zero. There were only
Roman numerals. It's a fence post issue, but generations left it
in for backwards bug-compatibility.


> Greetings, and for you, a happy new year, and for the others a happy new
> MILLENIUM.

All that, and you left an N out.


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