Assertion: new millennium | /r/CapableOf | begin on 1st january
Facets:
value: in the year
type: TEMPORAL
value: despite the fact
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: So for Christians — or at least, for all who adhere to the Christian system of numbering years — the answer is clear: The new millennium begins on 1st January 2001 A.D.
text: Most experts in calendrical matters will answer that the new millennium begins on the 1st of January in the year 2001, despite the fact that this answer is not the one that most people would like to hear (because, despite what the experts say, they intend to celebrate the new millennium on 1st January 2000).
text: The U.S. Naval Observatory seems to think it has none, for, although it mentions the astronomical year numbering system in the document referred to above, it continues to affirm that the new millennium begins on 1st January 2001.
text: Christians may prefer to stay with the system of years "Anno Domini", in which case they must answer that the new millennium begins on 1st January 2001
text: Note that this article does not show that those who hold (as those who adhere to the Christian calendar must hold) that the new millennium begins on 1st January 2001 are mistaken.
text: The new millennium begins on the 1st of January in the year 2000.