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Re: When did the 3rd millennium start?
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Date: 
Tue, 2 Jan 2001 12:01:27 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:

> In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> > [...]
> > to the digits, and for some reason, we have a liking to numbers which end in
> > lots of 0s, so with that perspective in mind, the millenium clearly starts in
> > 2000, after all, when we talk about the 80s, we mean 1980/01/01 to 1989/12/31
> > not 1981/01/01 to 1990/12/31.
> 
> But if you're talking about the 9th decade of the 20th century, aren't you
> referring to 1981/01/01 to 1990/12/31?

Bah, it's all irrelevant.  The universe was created last Tuesday, already in its
present form.

J



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  When did the 3rd millennium start?
 
(...) But if you're talking about the 9th decade of the 20th century, aren't you referring to 1981/01/01 to 1990/12/31? --Todd (26 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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