On Sun, 9 Apr 1995 22:04:05 -0500 Winship said:
>Why the year 2000 A.D.?  It isn't a century change, nor is it the
>start of a new millenium using the B.C., A.D. system. That doesn't
>happen until 2001 A.D. (there was no 0 A.D.)
 
How do you know there was no 0AD?   Was you dere Charley?
 
Actually, the question is unanswerable, so an arbitrary end-of-millenium
is just fine.   Dave
 
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