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Originally posted by Matt Attallah
That century ended on December 31, 2000.
The 21st century started on Januart 1, 2001.
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I think that everyone made a mistake because people didn't start the calendar saying year 1 because that would mean that one year has already passed. They would start at 0. Therefore, a hundred years, including that first year, would bring you to the one hundred year mark or the end of Dec. 31, 100. Two thousand years after the begining of the counting would be Dec. 31, 1999 and the next set would start at Jan. 1, 2000. In other words, a millenium is a thousand years. The end of the first millenium would be the mark between Dec 31, 999 and Jan. 1, 1000. The mark at the end of the second would be between Dec. 31, 1999 and Jan. 1, 2000. 2001 just means that we have completed the first year after the new millenium, not the begining of the new millenium.