Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoHappy Birthdaysh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down124
arrow-up1434arrow-down1external-linkHappy Birthdaysh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareblackrislinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoA small correction and „fun fact“: there is no year zero. 1 BC is followed by 1 AD. Consequently things like the turn of the millennium happen a year after we celebrate them. But people found that weird.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 months agoSounds like that just means 0 AD = 1 BC rather than there not being a 0 AD. Could have -1000 AD, too.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agothat’s ISO. if you’re putting the AD, 0 is not valid. the BC is specifically there because -AD isn’t a thing.
A small correction and „fun fact“: there is no year zero. 1 BC is followed by 1 AD. Consequently things like the turn of the millennium happen a year after we celebrate them. But people found that weird.
Sounds like that just means 0 AD = 1 BC rather than there not being a 0 AD. Could have -1000 AD, too.
that’s ISO. if you’re putting the AD, 0 is not valid. the BC is specifically there because -AD isn’t a thing.