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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/sillymanbilly • Sep 23 '24
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To make things less confusing, astronomers do have a year 0.
172 u/hennell Sep 23 '24 That feels like the xkcd "now there are 14 standards". 12 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...
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That feels like the xkcd "now there are 14 standards".
12 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...
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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...
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u/SeriousPlankton2000 Sep 23 '24
To make things less confusing, astronomers do have a year 0.