Re: Date 2000 a problem for Apple II?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <19971104183434175882@ts1-26.aug.com>,
Rick Hatton <hattonr@aug.com> wrote:
>> There is no year 0 in our calendar system. 1 AD is preceded by 1 BC not
>> zero.  The century years mark the end of a century, not the beginning.
>> Also note that 2000 is the end of a 400 year cycle,

>Lets see if I am understanding you. The century year, 2000, is the end
>of a century, and by implication a millenium (10 centuries). So, the new
>century, and milleium, would begin the next year, 2001?

   Correct. Though the larger parties will start 12/31 1999 (or a few
days earlier-- 12/31/1999 is a friday), the next milennium does not
begin until 1/1/2001. Just because the general public is uninformed
and wrong doesn't mean you have to listen to them.

Nathan Mates

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