mxlegend99
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Actually. From this link:
1BC = The year that should've been Zero.
In which case:
1BC through to 0999 is your first 1000 years.
1000 through to 1999 is your second 1000 years.
Therefore this millenium/century started in the year 2000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zeroA year zero does not exist in the Christian Era and its Gregorian calendar or its anterior Julian calendar.
A year zero does exist in ISO 8601:2004 and in the astronomical year numbering with a defined year zero equal to 1 BC, as well as in some Buddhist and Hindu lunar calendars.
1BC = The year that should've been Zero.
In which case:
1BC through to 0999 is your first 1000 years.
1000 through to 1999 is your second 1000 years.
Therefore this millenium/century started in the year 2000.