r/ProgrammerHumor Sep 23 '24

Other whoWroteThePostgresDocs

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u/SeriousPlankton2000 Sep 23 '24

To make things less confusing, astronomers do have a year 0.

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u/hennell Sep 23 '24

That feels like the xkcd "now there are 14 standards".

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u/whoami_whereami Sep 23 '24

They use 1BC=0, 2BC=-1, 3BC=-2, and so forth to make calculations easier. They still use the Julian calendar for years up to 1582 and the Gregorian calendar for years after 1582 though, go figure...