Historical clue formulations

• 2000-09, with "the" — 2026-07-21
• ’00s — 2025-02-15
• Decade in which many in Gen Z were born — 2022-09-18
• Period immediately following Y2K — 2021-08-07
• Zeros — 2021-03-28
• Period of George W. Bush's presidency — 2012-09-02
• Round numbers — 2002-05-04
• Zeroes — 1993-12-27