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Re:Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21... by bananapear on Thursday January 21, 2021 @07:25PM (#25866669)
If 2000 is part of the previous century, was 2001 actually the true start of the new millennium?
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Re:Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21... by randcraw on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:05AM (#25872819)
That's the standard practice, I believe. Presumably that's why Arthur C Clarke chose the year 2001 for the name of his book rather than 2000.
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