2000 (MM) wis acentury leap year thatstairtit on a Setturday, in accordance wi theGregorian calendar. It wis the 2000t year o theCommon Era or theAnno Domini designation, the 1000t an last year o the2nt millennium, the 100t an last year o the20t century, an the 1st year o the2000s.
2000 wis designatit as:
The year 2000 wis the first year o the2000s decade. Popular culture haulds the year 2000 as the first year o the21st century an the3rd millennium, due tae a tendency tae group the years accordin taedecimal values, as ifyear zero wur countit. Accordin tae the Gregorian Calendar these distinctions faw tae the year2001, acause the 1st century wis retroactively said tae stairt wi yearAD 1. Syne the calendar haes nayear zero, its first millennium spans frae years 1 to 1000, inclusively, an its seicont millennium frae years 1001 tae 2000.
The year 2000 wis the subject oY2K concerns: fears that computers would nae shift frae 1999 tae 2000 correctly. However, bi the end o 1999, mony companies haed already convertit tae new, or upgradit thair existin saftware. Some even obtainedY2K certification. As a result o massive effort, much o it mis-directit, relatively few problems occurred.
