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From: "Wayne Baylor" <>
Subject: Re: Millennium: A Proposal
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 09:05:03 -0600


That's Right! You start the counting with zero, but the child doesn't reach
1 year of age until the END of year 1. By the same token, you don't reach
2000 years of age (or 200 decades, or 20 centuries, or 2 milleniums) until
the END of year 2000. The first day of the 3rd millenium in January 1,
2001.

Carole Dutton Malisiak wrote in message <>...
>Hi Guys! Here is a feminine point of view (POV) for Spencer ;-)
>
>My children were all born at 0. Their age was counted in minutes, hours,
days,
>then weeks, then months--then they were one year old on their birthday
which
>only lasted for a minute or less. Then we start counting over--one month
later
>they were 13 months of age, etc. Mothers usually count the age of their
child
>in months up to about two years old. So, in my opinion, you have to use
zero to
>start the count and 2000 is the start point because it has a zero. The
Common
>Era had to start with a zero, but we record it as a 1--just like with
children's
>ages! We did not "lose" any years along the way. After all, the counting
>started with the birth of a child. Right?

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