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In article <14...@skye.ed.ac.uk> rbk@aiai.UUCP (Richard Kirby) writes:
>Since I last posted to alt.folklore.computers about the year 2000 being a leap
>year, but not 2100, 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:-

Sorry, *you* are wrong.
>
>This is the twentieth century right, but why?
>Because its 19xx + 1, hence the year 2000 will be in the 21st century cause its
>20 + 1.
>
>Jesus, was born. 1 A.D was when he was 1 year old, and starting his 2nd year.

During the year AD 1, His age changed from 0 to 1. Don't forget
there's no year 0.

>2 A.D was when he was 2 years old, and starting his 3rd year. ... 9 A.D. was

Yes, at the *end* of the year: during year 2, His age changed from 1
to 2 ....

>when he was 9 years old and starting his 10th year, so at 23:59:59.999* on 

... and during AD 9, from 8 to 9 years

>31st Dec 09 he had lived 10 years (or as close as infinitely possible), so

>10 A.D must be the start of a new decade, otherwise he would have lived

Nope. at the end of AD 9, we've only had 9 years.

>11 years in a decade, and surely we all agree that a decade is deca (10) years.
>Hence by extrapolation, 00:00:00.0000000* 100 A.D must have been the start of 
>a new century.

Nope. the first decade finished at the end of year 10.

>
>				Q.E.D

Tain't so. Sorry.  I have no doubt though that there will indeed be
celebrations to mark the start of year 2000, which will wrongly be
called the turn of the millenium. I might even join in :-)

>
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