Trevorum 24 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Indeed, large portions of the modern world calculate dates from the Hegira, or when Muhammad and his followers retreated to Medina in CE622. Link to post Share on other sites
Gold Winger 9 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Don't you mean AD 622? Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 "Heck, it was a Pope that invented the calendar..." H'mmm. I never want to hear you make any kind of complaint about Al Gore's connection to the internet. Link to post Share on other sites
gwd-scouter 11 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 CE stands for Common Era and is becoming more frequently used instead of AD, as is BCE (before common era) instead of BC. Link to post Share on other sites
Gold Winger 9 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Why is this the "Common Era" and how did it suddenly switch from uncommon to common 2007 years ago? It's all PC. Link to post Share on other sites
Trevorum 24 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I think the word you are looking for is "arbitrary". It's all arbitrary. Link to post Share on other sites
Gold Winger 9 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Nah. PC is what I'm looking for. Link to post Share on other sites
GernBlansten 10 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 PC? Don't you mean Unix time, or POSIX time? It is the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time(UTC) of January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds. It is widely used not only on Unix-like operating systems but also in many other computing systems. Not sure if PCs use UTC and I'm pretty sure the Pope had nothing to do with UTC. Link to post Share on other sites
Gold Winger 9 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 " I'm pretty sure the Pope had nothing to do with UTC" You're right. That could be Charles II, Victoria or the French. Link to post Share on other sites
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