Re: CLDR Usage of Gregorian Calendar Era Terms: BC and AD -- Can we please have "CE" and "BCE" ?

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On Dec 20, 2007 5:05 AM, Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> wrote:
>
> I say we adopt the Mayan calendar and be done with it. The current
> cycle is due to end at the Winter Solstice five years from now. See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar
>

As an act of selfless aggrandizement which would have the side effect
of satisfying our collective vanity, I say we declare the publication
of the first Unicode Standard in 1991 as Year Zero of the Unicode Era
(UE). Everything before 0000 UE would, naturally be called "Before
Unicode" and abbreviated "BU". Culturally and religiously neutral,
UE/BU has the added advantage of being easy to translate into numerous
languages.

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