On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 12:17:07PM +0000, Philip Charles wrote: > I look forwar to meeting you all in the Third Millennium.
Mike Siemon wrote: (http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/pub/soc.religion.christian/faq/easter-date) "Our B.C./A.D. calendar is the construct of Dionysius Exiguous (in the late 6th century?) It is of some interest that he started with the year 0 (or in his nomenclature, 1 B.C.) When people loudly insist that the new millen- ium begins in 2001 (and not 2000), it is worth observing that they do not know the history of our calendar. Dionysius did not use a notation with zeros, but his construction is as much 0-origin as arrays in the the C language. Those of you who wish TRULY to be pedantic can insist that the "correct" millenium is in 2000 :-)" Another article which claims that the millenium was over in 1996: What Millennium? You Missed it! (Harry Willson's RANT FROM FEB 1997) http://www.amadorbooks.com/rants/rant9702.htm And now, to completely cover this topic, an article which explains that 2001 is indeed correct: http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/thompson-time.html (main point being that Dionysius started at the END of year 1BC) In any case, I wish you a happy new year! Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de
