Dave Rolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> But in chapter 2 of Calendrical Calculations, they say:
>
> [...]  Unlike the Julian calendar, this proleptic calendar
> _does_ have a year 0.

I think that's silly.  It's a matter of _notation_, and only
notation, whether one chooses to write years the historical
way (...,2 BC, 1 BC, AD 1, AD 2,...) or the astronomical way
(...,-1, 0, 1, 2,...).

Peter

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