On 01/14/2014 05:39 PM, Matsakis, Demetrios wrote:
Not my issue, but the last day of the 20th century is technically December 31, 2000. I wish it weren't. When this controversy passed in 1701, Isaac Newton is quoted has having rejoiced that "the issue was finally behind us".
Well, that depends on how you count. It has often been said that the new century starts in 2000 for C programmers, and starts in 2001 for fortran programmers. Plenty of people argue there was no year zero, but there are people who have a year zero, and a year -1, as well as a year 1. Ask someone from China when the 2nd millenium started and you may be surprized by the answer. USNO had celebrations on Jan 1 2000 as well as Jan 1 2001, and there were people arguing for both dates as being the 'proper' one. Greg _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
