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Originally Posted by FanIn80
So what you're saying is the guy that started the whole BC/AD thing started from 1 instead of 0? Meaning the year 2020 is really only the 2019th year?
Wtf.
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What floor are you on when you start from the ground?
The US Naval Observatory, the agency that maintains the country's master clock, tackled this question in 1999 as people debated when the new millennium would begin. According to the astronomical dating system through which it measures time, the observatory stated that the new millennium would begin on January 1, 2001.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/21/us/wh...rnd/index.html