Copyright 1999, Topeka Capital-Journal. I t's zero that's causing all the controversy and conversation. The year 0 to be exact, and whether it existed. It's an issue of how our calendar was created, and when exactly does the new millennium begin. Discussions of the exact beginning of the new millennium fill the Internet.
People write angry letters and e-mail.
Their voices rise. Their eyes roll. The third millennium begins on Jan. 1, 2001. Officially, it begins then. It feels better for us.