The West Wing1999

Toby Ziegler:
It's not the new millennium, but I'll just let it drop.

Sam Seaborn:
It is.

Toby Ziegler:
It is not the new millennium. The year 2000 is the last year of the millennium, it's not the first year of the next one.

Sam Seaborn:
But the common sensibility, to quote Stephen Jay Gould...

Toby Ziegler:
Stephen Jay Gould needs to look at a calendar.

Sam Seaborn:
Gould says this is a largely unresolvable issue.

Toby Ziegler:
Yes, it's tough to resolve. You have to look at a calendar.

[... ]

Sam Seaborn:
You've got to ask yourself which is more exciting - watching your car roll over from 99,999 to 100,000 or watching it go from one hundred to a hundred and one.

C.J. Cregg:
So technically the millennium is still a year away.

Sam Seaborn:
Yeah, but... we've made all these plans.