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It's a matter of definition. You could argue it started in 2000 because, well, it's the first year with a '2' in front. But people say it started in 2001 because January 1st 2001 marked 2000 years since the start of the calendar. This is because the first year after Jesus was supposedly born was 1AD rather than 0: there was no year 0, it went straight from 1BC to 1AD. It's worth mentioning though that the whole thing is a bit silly considering how many times the calendar has been tweaked in the past two millenia and the fact that most historians who think Jesus was born at all say it happened around 4BC.

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