Actually, in the arbitrary system of the Christian calendar there is a 1
BC and a 1 AD, i.e., there is no year zero in either direction. Indeed
it makes no more sense to set 1 BC to 0 AD than there is sense in the
Christian calendar system itself. So, hey, call me a nitpicker if you
want but you can't have opinions about time. Time is ongoing and
immutable and it doesn't care a hang about the Christian calendar or any
other feeble human attempt to deal with it.
Happy New Year and A Happy Last Year of the Current Millennium!!
John T. Nichols
'58 TR3A TS32093L 'O'
'86 TVR 280i
Alan Crane wrote:
>
> There is an easy solution for reconciling tomorrow as the end of the
> millenium even for the nitpickers.
> Lets simply redefine 1 BC as 0 AD. Then all our current years remain
> the same. Since we don't know exactly when Jesus was born, it doesn't
> really matter when we start then current era. Technically all BC years
> should be adjusted by 1, but who really cares about them? No Triumphs
> around then anyway.
>
> Alan
>
> > Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 21:30:34 -0700
> > From: "Michael D. Porter"
> > Subject: Re: Century not over till 2001
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Kevin N. Andrews" wrote:
> > >
> > > The century doesn't end till 2001. Remember we started counting at 1 not
> > 0.
> > > Kevin
> >
> > Unfortunately, our forebearers in the Middle Ages, who weren't as good
> > at math as we, and who were even more caught up in millenial fever,
> > started counting at year 1000.... We just inherited the tendency from
> > them.
> >
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > ------------------
> >
> --
> Alan T. Crane
> Silver Spring, MD 20910
> acrane@crosslink.net
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