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 Dave Gomberg, San Francisco Internet: [log in to unmask]