Exhibit31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr.,certify that:

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| 1.  | I have reviewed this annualreport on Form 10-K of Salomon Smith Barney Diversified 2000 FuturesFund L.P. (the "registrant"); |

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| 2.  | Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingwith respect to the period covered by this report; |

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| 3.  | Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,the periods presented in this report; |

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| 4.  | Theregistrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internalcontrol over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have: |

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| a)  | designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed underour supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared; |

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| b)   | designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements for external purposes inaccordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |

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| c)  | evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and |

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| d)  | disclosed in this report any change inthe registrant's internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annualreport) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting; and |

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| 5.  | Theregistrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, basedon our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committeeof the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions): |

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| a)  | allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and |

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| b)  | any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant rolein the registrant's internal control over financialreporting. |

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| Date: March 15,2005                                     |  | /s/Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr.                                                              |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  | DanielR. McAuliffe, Jr. Citigroup Managed Futures LLC ChiefFinancial Officer andDirector |
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