Wrong date

I refer to my letter headlined, 'Innocent mistake' (South China Morning Post, July 17) about the debate on the starting date of the new millennium.

I referred to the birth of Jesus as January 1, 1 AD. Due to a typographical error, the next sentence read, 'The day after would be January 1, 1 AD and so on.' This should have been January 2, 1 AD.

DAVID OLLEREARNSHAW Yuen Long