I just saw a video about BC/AD as opposed to BCE/CE and the invention of the Gregorian calendar and I wondered what year it would be if we counted the years like the Romans did.
If we counted years from the reign of the Yellow Emperor using Sun Yat-sen’s approach, this year would be 4722.
In my mode of timing, I personally use the year 4241 BC as my 1 AD as it’s the first year of recorded history. It’s not nationalistic and is something that can be traced back to with precision.
serious question: do we know for a fact that that’s when recording started for some reason or is it just the assumption based on what we have discovered so far?
It’s most likely an assumption, but if it is, it would be an assumption that’s almost impossible to break, since this involves the self-awareness of records in an area known to have the first records and where those records wouldn’t have as much of a reason to be obscured. The fact that an exact date can be given also gives reason to wonder if there’s a good reasoning behind the date.
Lots of fun sounding ideas there. Only one I dislike is the 14 month with 26 days, since “letters of alphabet” is very arbitrary and biased to English. I personally like the simpler 13 month 28 days design, since that also equates to the lunar cycles used since ancient times.
I just read your blog post and found it very interesting. I have to ask, practically speaking, doesn’t it just create more work for you having to keep track of the time and date in multiple formats simultaneously? When people give you information using standard time and date keeping metrics, do you just translate it into your system mentally? I’m curious how this system works for you practically on a day to day basis.
I mentalize both systems. Any difficulty is worth it since it has compatibility in mind. It’s the one I use in groups I administer because of this. Doing things the normal way, for a lack of better words, seems and even feels outdatedly/unthinkingly convoluted and skewed, as someone coming from several different backgrounds. The former is also less of a strain (both mentally/technologically) once one becomes accustomed, to put it one way it’s like the Lojban of timekeeping.
So 6275?
Do we use AD?
Edit: Fucked up instantly realized gg
Yes, the year right now would be 6265 AR (AR stands for After Records).
I think we should update the calendar to start at the earliest known writing. Change it if/when an earlier example is found.
I think that would put the current year around 4,424.
No no no. I lived through the millennium. You’re not taking that away from me.
