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    01-Aug-94 00:21:32
Sb: #41987-Date searching
Fm: James Du Bois 72237,32
To: Vic Wagner 76046,3004
Vic, I hate to pick nits too 8-), but the routines I use have a year 0 A.D. since they are to be used by a computer, and computers do understand the concept of 0. Before anybody else jumps in, yes, I know there is no year 0 in the Christian Era calendar. There is also no year 1, no year 2, no year 3, … , at least until 36? A.D. when some monk decided that the calendar should start at the Birth of Christ. Since nobody knew when that was, he took a W.A.G. and decided this year was approx. 360 years before. Yes, this means the new millenium starts on January 1, 2000 instead of January 1, 2001 as the "experts" will tell you. James Du Bois via AutoPilot Member of the Bermuda Triangle Exploratory Expedition 1992 – 1951