Subj : Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year
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From : [email protected]
Date : Mon Jan 02 2017 01:55 pm

Subject: Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year
From: Wolf K <[email protected]>

On 2017-01-02 14:46, Mark Storkamp wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
>  Mark Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> ** - I try to use CE / BCE instead of AD / BC. The numbers are the same,
>> and it avoids a particular assumption.
>>
>> [snip]
>
> And it's easy to remember too. Christian Era and Before Christian Era.

CE = Church of England BCE = Before Church of England. You'll need a
calculator.

Heh heh.

Actually, it's "Common Era" and "Before Common Era". Paleontologists and
such use YBP = Years Before Present.

--
Best,
Wolf K
https://kirkwood40.blogspot.com
It's called "opinion" because it's not knowledge.

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