Re: Birthday/baptism and chronology

From: Will Wagers (wagers@computek.net)
Date: Sat Dec 23 1995 - 16:31:14 EST


>Would you care to comment on something I heard the other day that (perhaps
>based on this concept) the new millennium won't really begin until 2001? Am I
>missing something?
>
>Kenneth Bent
>gtcotr@aol.com

If you begin counting with the year 1, as in BC/AD dates, 1 is the first
year of any millennium, e.g. 1-1000, 1001-2000. So, the new millennium will
begin on Jan. 1, 2001.

Will



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