News | Sunday, January 9, 2000

letters to the editor

Two more takes on millennium

A millennium is a period of time consisting of 1000 years.

The first thousand years of our calender was 1 A.D. to 999 A.D., which would be known as the First Millennium.

The second thousand years of our calendar was 1000 A.D. to 1999 A.D., which would be known as the Second Millennium.

Therefore, the years 2000 A.D. to 2999 A.D. will be known as the Third Millennium.

Happy Third Millennium to all!

J.D. JOHNSON

Northfield

A professor at Richard Stockton College wrote that the new millennium starts on Jan. 1, 2000. He should buy a calendar. Calendars start with the first day of the first month each year. We use the Gregorian calendar, which started in the year one. We don't wait until a day is complete to call it the first, as we do with a person's age, so his argument is not logical.

Maybe we should hear from a professor of history instead of mathematics. Celebrate the calendar turning over, but stop trying to use the marketing gimmick that the new millennium is fact.

LAWRENCE OWEN

Margate