From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Fri Dec 21 2007 - 11:12:25 CST
On Dec 21, 2007, at 9:56 AM, Raymond Mercier wrote:
> It is true that Needham in SCC took BC dates and tried to make them
> 'culturally neutral' by simply substituting a negative sign for BC,
> but he did not have a year 0. Unfortunately this clashed with the
> astronomers' convention where the the BC years are made 'negative',
> but with shift of one and a year 0, so making the scheme
> algebarically consistent. For astronomers the interval from BC 5 to
> 5 AD is 5 - (-4) = 9, which is correct, but for Needham it would be
> 5 - (-5) =10.
>
I stand corrected. So then maybe we *should* get CLDR to support
this. (And meanwhile, I obviously need to reread SCC.)
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John H. Jenkins
jenkins@apple.com
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