On Dec 25, 17:28, Tony Duell wrote:
> But that's not the calendar we all use. The 19th century ended on
> 31/12/1900, and the 20th centrury started on 01/01/1901. That's within
> living memory (just). Now, if you can honestly justify a century of 99
> years, I'd love to know how.
>
> Celebrate the year 2000 if you want. But don't call it the start of the
> next millennium.
The "official" line here is shown in the banner on the Royal Observatory
Greenwich's page, amongst other places:
"2000 is the Millennium Year. The New Millennium officially starts on 1
Jan 2001."
I guess that's official speak for "We have to go along with the
ignoramuses. However, we know they're wrong" :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Sat Dec 25 1999 - 14:37:16 GMT