From: GTCOTR@aol.com
Date: Sat Dec 23 1995 - 12:10:50 EST
In a message dated 95-12-23 04:22:25 EST, Will Wagers wrote:
>Astronomers prefer BCE because the system has a year 0. This makes
>calculations simpler. This system is preferred by some historians and
>mathematicians for its orthogonality.
>
>The historical convention omits the year 0, so the transition from BC
>to AD skips from December 31, -1 to January 1, 1.
>
>So, there is a difference of 1 year between BC and BCE dates.
>CE and AD dates are the same.
Would you care to comment on something I heard the other day that (perhaps
based on this concept) the new millenium won't really begin until 2001? Am I
missing something?
Kenneth Bent
gtcotr@aol.com
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