Derek:
>New Year? Definintely. New Millenium.... not quite.
>
>The Gregorian Calendar (the one used by the majority of people in the
>US, as well as many other countries) does not have a year 0. It
>started with year 1 (when it was created in 800 AD). Thus, the new
>Millenium will not begin until January 1st, 2001.

Ah, I believe the carefully cultivated word I am looking for right now is
"BOLLOCKS!" The new millennium means all the damn numbers changing. Rather
than just incrementing the units digit in the date we get to change _all
four_. THAT signifies something important. Disagreeing just means you're
being disagreeable!  :o)  In fact I've purchased a cricket bat for the very
purpose of twatting over the head the next person who dares to tell me that
the millennium doesn't occur for another year...

Sam the man
(can be seen slapping the heavy cricket bat against one hand in a menacing
yet, consider that it's a cricket bat, vaguely ridiculous fashion)