If we assume that Jesus Christ was born in what is now known as 1 B.C.E., as some once supposed, then December 31, 2000 (not 1999), will indeed mark the end of the second millennium, and January 1, 2001, the beginning of the third.
* पहले कुछ विद्वान इस तरह सोचते थे, मगर आज लगभग सभी विद्वानों का मानना है कि यीशु मसीह का जन्म सा. यु.