>Bill Hooper wrote in USMA 220091:
If year 1 ran from January to December,
wouldn't the year -1 run from December to January? If the numbers run
backwards on the negative side of zero, why shouldn't the fractions (months)
run backward, too? The do for purely numerical fractions.
My understanding is that, reading in the direction of ancient to modern:
1 BC Jan 1.....Dec 31
! AD Jan 1,,...Dec 31
In other words the next day after 1 BC Dec 31 was 1 AD Jan 1,
Admittedly, I don't know the shape of the calendar in those days.
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