On Sun, 3 Jan 1999 09:52:09 +1000, "Lance Birch"
<zon### [at] satcomnetau> wrote:

>Why 2000?  It's not the start of the new millennium... You should make it
>for 2001, so the deadline will be 2000 Dec 31.
>
>Let's all get this right this time, the new millennium DOES NOT start on the
>year 2000!!!  It starts on the year 2001, 2000 is the last year of the
>current millennium not the first year of the new one.  

Hear, hear!  But you know, nobody will listen to reason on this, so I
propose that we join the rest of the mathematically challenged in
celebrating 2000, then have a big millenium bash a year later for
2001.  That way everybody wins, twice.

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