Re: Merry Christmas

[kenc@proaxis.com (Ken Corbin)]

Actually he is right, there was no year zero.  The concept of zero and
negative numbers didn't exist at the time our current dating system was
developed.  The supposed date of Jesus' birth was AD 1.  The previous year
was BC 1.

In article <842isn$kbm$1@news1.mpx.com.au>,	Rod writes:
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> John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au> wrote in message
> 3861B57B.C9B8D99B@melbpc.org.au">news:3861B57B.C9B8D99B@melbpc.org.au...
>> Hello everyone.
>> I would like to wish all readers of these newsgroups a very merry
>> Christmas and a wonderful and happy New Year.
>> I will not wish everyone a happy new millenium as, like our friend
>> Dave McLoughlin in NZ, the millenium is not until next year.
>> If anyone does not believe me, try counting from 1 and see what you
>> get after counting 2000 consecutive numbers.
>>
>> John McCallum
> but John, if the baby Jesus was born at the year 0 [zero] You know BC and AD
> and all that guff
> would you not start your count on his birthday [0000 AD]  not his first
> birthday?? which was of course 0001 AD
> ;o)   Rod
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