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- From: csg020@cck.coventry.ac.uk (***CURTIS***)
- Subject: Re: Was: Re: 29 Feb 2000?, Now: 2000/2001
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- References: <1992Nov17.145205.18974@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <CC.92Nov17175024@arran.dcs.ed.ac.uk> <1992Nov18.103830.24680@black.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:46:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.103830.24680@black.ox.ac.uk> bob@black.ox.ac.uk (Bob Douglas) writes:
- >In article <CC.92Nov17175024@arran.dcs.ed.ac.uk> cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Chris Cooke) writes:
- >>2000 Anno Domini ought to mean that it's 2000 years since Jesus Christ was
- >>born. When he was born, it was no *years* since he was born, therefore his
- >>first year of life was spent in AD 0, surely? His second year of life was
- >>therefore AD 1, and so on - so 2000 AD ought to be the start of the 21st century.
- >
- >But there was no year AD 0. The year following 1 BC was AD 1.
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- But I thought that there was no 0AD, 1AD or 2AD because they didn't know He
- was the saviour until 3 years on?
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- I found an amazing coin the other day burried on the coast line. Must be
- worth loads cos it's gold and has 2000BC as a date on it *)
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