Talk:Year numbering

All this material is available in other Wikipedia articles (I think... although I've used other sources, for the definition of aCn for example). The intention of this article is to be a concise summary of all the year numbering systems a student might meet. It was inspired when I met the figure 50,000 BP in a Wikipedia article and needed to go to Google to find out what it meant. Andrewa 21:24, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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*Newer notifications: Due to the use of religion within the original numbering system, it is recently increasingly preferred to use CE and BCE instead of AD and BC. Mostly preferred by some as not explicitly endorsing the Christian religion, it's use has been seen among Christians as well.

While accurate and important, this is not a renumbering, only a renaming. It doesn't logically belong at the first level of indenting, which distinguishes different numbering systems. It could be put one level lower and create a special level, but I think it's quite clear enough as it is. Andrewa 13:33, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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The numbering of the years in the AD period go increasing i.e. 1960 AD, 1961 AD, 1962 AD, and so on.

''A sample numbering (in the order starting from the earlier) would be as 10 BC... 5 BC... 2 BC... 1 BC... AD 1... AD 2... AD 5... AD 10 and so on''

I really think that this just clutters a page that is already more complex than I would like. Anyone literate enough to read the page knows that the current year numbering scheme is increasing. For BC I have added a more succinct example. Andrewa 00:42, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

One major calander is missing namely the Hindu Calander system which may be of interest to more than 1 billion people of this planet, thanx. 203.200.112.27 07:23, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Prof. Anjani Koomar


 * You can add it, noting that more than one year numbering system is used in India. — Joe Kress 11:04, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

CE is an abbreviation for Christian Era?
User:OUP1999 OUP1999 just made a edit which states "CE stands for the Common (or Christian) Era" and "BCE stands for Before the Common (or Christian) Era". I don't dispute that the term Christian era is in use, and it is a synonym for the anno Domini era. I do question whether it is abbreviated CE. It is my impression that the abbreviation for "Christian era" is "AD". I request a source to support the edit. --Gerry Ashton 22:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)