Dear Joe and All,
I wonder if Mark Hammond celebrates his birthday each year. And if he does,
does he celebrate it at the start of the year or at the end of the year?
Please note I have shortened your (very descriptive) title somewhat!
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin CAMS
Geelong, Australia
on 02.01.2001 10.36, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> This is from the Viewpoints page in today's Houston
>> Chronicle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Looks like we
>> aren't the only ones who think 12 h time notation is a
>> disadvantage.
>>
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>>
>> Last of millenium?
>>
>> I wonder if those who think this is the last year of
>> the millenium rather than the first also think each
>> day starts at 1 a.m. rather than at midnight.
>>
>> -- Mark Hammond, Friendswood, TX
>
>
>
> Good point! My day starts at 00.00 and ends with 23:59. However, the
> first hour of the day runs from 00:00 to 00:59. The second hour runs from
> 01:00 to 01:59, and the 24th hour from 23:00 to 23:59. We speak of the
> first hour, the second hour, and so on to the 24th hour. That is how the
> years got numbered, starting with the first year.. Newspaper archives
> indicate that the 20th century started on 1901-01-01. If it ended on
> 1999-12-31, then the 20th century would have only 99 years. Note that our
> language conventions do not recognize a zero month, nor a zero week, nor a
> zero day.
>
