Re: Compute Date Duration

[Leif Svalgaard <lsvalgaard@xxxxxxxxx>]

also, the concept of zero as we use it today only became
established in Europe around 1200 AD, so the year 0 could
not even be considered before then....

On 10/19/05, Jonathan Mason <jonathan.mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> How do you know there was no year 0 ?
>
> Because time is a referential and not an absolute value.  For example,
> if you use BC and AD you are referencing time against the (supposed)
> birth of Christ, 1AD being his first year of life and not his age.  The
> measurement of time in this way actually goes from 1BC to 1AD.
>
> By the same token, the year 2000 is actually (as Simon points out) the
> end of the 20th century and not the start of the 21st.
>
> Jonathan
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