How can the "empty" placeholder value represent the presence of an item? It's just even more confusing than the existing situation.
"The first year of the third millennium begins at 2001/01/01 00:00:00"
Wouldn't this make much more sense:
"The zeroth year of the second millennium begins at 2000/00/00 00:00:00"
How can the "empty" placeholder value represent the presence of an item? It's just even more confusing than the existing situation.