On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 03:24:40PM -0500, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) wrote:
From: kennykb@crd.ge.com [mailto:kennykb@crd.ge.com] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 3:22 PM
- It appears unnecessary to control skipping the year zero. I have not encountered any locale where there is such a beast; in all cases, it appears that the year 1 B.C.E. is followed by the year 1 C.E.
Astronomers, IIRC, use a calendar with a year zero -- it removes a gratuitous anomaly from calculations. Regardless, for calendars where there is a BCE-CE type distinction, there is no year zero; in calendars where there is a year zero (e.g., "proleptic Gregorian"), the years preceeding year zero continue algebraically, starting with year -1. (modern) (classic) Gregorian Gregorian Astro. 2005 CE AD 2005 2005 2 CE AD 2 2 1 CE AD 1 1 1 BCE 1 BC 0 2 BCE 2 BC -1 4004 BCE 4004 BC -4003 --Ken Pizzini