Eric Ulevik wrote:
Otherwise, the argument is that there was no year zero in the Julian calendar, and we should celebrate after 2000 years. Thus 1 January 2001. But people forget that the Gregorian calendar skipped a number of days, so this is wrong!
So if you wish to be pedantic, please celebrate on 1 January 2001 on the Julian calendar, which is 14 January 2001 Gregorian.
Well that depends on what event you're celebrating! 2000 years since the first second (apex?) of the Julian calendar? 2000 years since the first second of the Gregorian calendar? (As reckoned in the Julian calendar? Weird, but I think that's what you described...) 2000 years since the Julian calendar was introduced? That's still some centuries away. 2000 years since Jesus was born? Nobody really knows, do they? But hey, any excuse for a party... -- Jamie Zawinski jwz@netscape.com http://www.netscape.com/people/jwz/
Jamie Zawinski wrote: <snip>
Well that depends on what event you're celebrating!
2000 years since the first second (apex?) of the Julian calendar?<snip> 2000 years since the Julian calendar was introduced? That's still some centuries away.
If you count 0,45 as being in the range for "some centuries", then OK. The Julian calendar begun on the calendae (1st of the month) of January, in the year 709 a.u.c. (ad urbe condita, since the foundation of the city i.e. Rome), which is year 45 BC in our modern calendars. Since year 1 AD follows immediately the year 1BC, 2000 (Julian) years later than the introduction of the Julian calendar was 1956-01-14, at dawn in Rome. Since I wasn't born this day, I wasn't there to celebrate the millenium! For more precise informations, see the calendar FAQ at <ftp://login.dknet.dk/pub/ct/calendar.faq> (very interresting) Sorry for adding a pint of salt to an already endless soup! Antoine
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For more precise informations, see the calendar FAQ at <ftp://login.dknet.dk/pub/ct/calendar.faq> (very interesting)
Hum... obsolete information. It is now at <http://www.pip.dknet.dk/~pip10160/calendar.html> Antoine
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