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2001From: Deborah J. Wage FNP, CNM (wagedj@home.com)Sun Dec 27 13:30:32 1998
Here's a good explanation......and solution. Year Zero Proposal (Published in the Oregonian Newspaper on May 20, 1996) In an unofficial survey, recently, I discovered that most people think that the year 2000 will be the beginning of the next millennium (also, for that matter, the beginning of the next century and the beginning of the next decade). Not so. Because our calendar began with the year one, the first decade includes the years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The next decade began with the year 11. The first century includes years 1 through the year 100. So, the second century began with the year 101. The first millennium includes the years 1 through 1000, so, the second millennium began with the year 1001..... and so forth. This numbering system has been an endless source of confusion. People are forever referring to, for example, the "decade of the '80s" as if it included the year 1980. If fact, the ninth decade of the 20th century includes 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990. Notice 1980 NOT included--it was in the previous decade. Another example: people think that the year 1900 is in the same century (the 20th) as our current year (1996). Nooooo! 1899 and 1900 are the last two years of the nineteenth century, 1901 is the beginning of the twentieth. And so forth. As we approach the year 2000, we have an unprecedented opportunity to rectify the situation. Proposal: Let's start the calendar over and call it the YEAR ZERO instead of the year 2000! Then, the numbering system will be more intuitive--more like the way everyone has always thought it should be. The next "turn-of-the-century" will happen on midnight of December 31st in the year 99. Then on January 1, 100 we'll be in the next century--just the way it SHOULD BE. And, we need to start over anyway. We could have essay contests like "if we reset the calendar to zero, what would THAT mean?"... and stuff like that. Plus, this will give us another two thousand years to figure out what to do with the year 10,000. GO2ZERO Committee c/o go2zero@aol.com
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