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2000 (MM) was a leap year that started on a Saturday, in accordance with the Gregorian Calendar. It was the 2000th year of the Common Era or the Anno Domini designation, and the last year of the 20th century and of the 2nd millennium. 2000 was designated as:

    International Year for the Culture of Peace[1]
    World Mathematical Year[2]

The year 2000 was the first year of the 2000s decade. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, due to a tendency to group the years according to decimal values, as if year zero were counted. According to the Gregorian Calendar these distinctions fall to the year 2001, because the 1st century was retroactively said to start with year AD 1. Since the calendar has no year zero, its first millennium spans from years 1 to 1000, inclusively, and its second millennium from years 1001 to 2000. (See more at Millennium.)

The "year 2000" is sometimes abbreviated as "Y2K" (the "Y" stands for "year", and the "K" stands for "kilo" which means "thousand").[3][4] The year 2000 was the subject of Y2K concerns: fears that computers would not shift from 1999 to 2000 correctly. However, by the end of 1999, many companies had already converted to new, or upgraded their existing software. Some even obtained Y2K certification. As a result of massive effort, much of it mis-directed, relatively few problems occurred.

That's weird! You don't know exactly why it happened, once again it isn't very true! Do you think 2000 was the first year of the 21st century and of the 3rd millennium? No! That was 2001. I think the distinction that I wrote fell to the year 2001 back then. When I came back it was a new year, 2011, because this distinction fell to the year 2001 in that case. I don't think 2000 was the first year of the 21st century and of the 3rd millennium. I made this on my HP laptop and worked on this article in 2010 to see the good work. I started writing it in 2010. 
2000 (MM) was a leap year that started on a Saturday of the common era, in accordance to the Gregorian calendar more than any other year. It was the 2000th year of the Common Era or the Anno Domini designation. 2000 was also the last year of the second millennium and of the 20th century. It was also the first century leap year since 1600.
The year 2000 was the first year of the 2000s decade. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and of the 3rd millennium, due to a tendency to group the years according to decimal values, as if year zero were counted. 
According to the Gregorian Calendar this distinction falls to the year 2001, also because the 1st century back then was retroactively said to start with year Anno Domini 1. Since the calendar has no year zero, its first millennium spans from years 1 to 1000, inclusively, and its second millennium from years 1001 to 2000. See more at Millennium.
The year 2000 was the subject of Y2K concerns—fear that computers would not shift from 1999 to 2000 correctly. 
However, by the end of 1999, many companies had already converted to new, or upgraded their existing software. Some even obtained Y2K certification.
In the actual event, relatively few problems occurred.{{talkheader}}