In a message dated 3/22/2000 7:43:12 AM Central Standard Time, smadhuresan at YAHOO.COM writes: > We go straight from c. 1 B.C. to c. 1 A.D. No 0 B.C/A.D in between. > Then 2000 A.D. is 20th century. > Precisely why I indicated we are in the 20th century in spite of all the hoopla. Regards S. Palaniappan