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Article #328Re: An answer to what is the first year of the next century.
From: James Jensen
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1989 16:49
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1989 16:49
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In article <14...@skye.ed.ac.uk> rbk@aiai.UUCP (Richard Kirby) writes: >I have received several messages along the lines of 2000 >is the last year of this century, not the start of the next. Well this is >clearly WRONG. Consider:- > . . . >Jesus, was born. 1 A.D was when he was 1 year old, and starting his 2nd year. Bad Assumption. Year numbering was started before zero was invented. Thus the first year Jesus was alive was 1 AD. (The first year of our lord.)
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!convex!jjensen@convex.UUCP From: jjensen@convex.UUCP (James Jensen) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: An answer to what is the first year of the next century. Message-ID: <4065@convex.UUCP> Date: 18 Dec 89 16:49:43 GMT References: <18494@bellcore.bellcore.com> <552@enea.se> <8483@ttidca.TTI.COM> <1468@skye.ed.ac.uk> Sender: news@convex.UUCP Reply-To: jjensen@convex.UUCP (James Jensen) Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 13 Posted: Mon Dec 18 17:49:43 1989 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit