That's an easy one. Go back to 2000 years ago...there was no year 0 (zero).
Things went right from 1 BCE (Before Common Era) to 1 CE/AD. 1 became the
beginning of the first millenium, 1001 became the beginning of the second
millenium, and now 2001 the beginning of the third.
On 03-Jan-99 George Toft wrote:
>
> Harald Sundt wrote:
>>
>> How does Y2K affect the Linux Platform or Apps?
>>
>> 1.) Scientifically, the Millennium begins January 01,2001, 00:00:01 AM
>
> I don't understand this one. How is it anyone in computer
> science
> can say it begins with anything other than a zero ==> 2000
> is the
> beginning of the new millenium.
>
> Seriously, if anyone takes exception to this, please e-mail
> me
> privately and explain it to me.
>
> George
>
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