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The third millennium is the third period of one thousand years in the Common Era .


START AND END DATES


There are two ranges of dates which are recognised as the third millennium, depending on the start date, namely:


January 1 2001 - December 31 3000

For those who start counting their calendar from January 1 1 , then the third millennium began on January 1 , 2001 and will end on December 31 , 3000 in the sense of the Gregorian Calendar or other calendars based on the BC/AD system of Calendar Eras .


January 1 2000December 31 2999

In the sense of Astronomical Year Numbering or the ISO 8601 standard, both of which precede Year 1 with Year 0, the third millennium began on January 1 , 2000 and will end on December 31 , 2999 . The majority of the celebrations for the start of the third millennium occurred at Midnight on December 31 1999 / January 1 2000 . The first decade of the new millennium (see below) contains the year 2000 .


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