On Monday, March 14, 2016 at 5:16:32 PM UTC, David Mitchell wrote:
On Monday, March 14, 2016 at 4:47:27 PM UTC, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Monday, 14 March 2016 15:52:47 UTC, Asha Santon wrote:
Disclaimer: This is a serious question which has everything to do with
how to count and nothing to do with religious beliefs. I ask it here
because some wise heads are present.

The date 1AD refers to the year a man I will call Yesus was born. It is
irrelevant whether it actually happened or not. Most of the world did
not know about it at the time anyway.

News of the event did not reach the British Isles for a very long time
so my question is this:

In the British Isles during the year we now call 1AD, what was the date
(year only)?

I don't even know how to look it up.
I am aware of the Gregorian, Julian, and AUC calendars but I don't want
to know what the date was in Rome.

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Asha
minnies.opcop.org.uk
Scotland

Interesting question, but surely misdirected in these scribblings. Can't help you.

Tudor Hughes

Surely it wasn't 1 AD, as that wouldn't occur until a year later. That being said, Christmas Day should be the start of the New Year, so we've all got it wrong. Well I probably have anyway.

Anyway, with AGW and all other threats we are facing, I suggest we stop counting up and start counting all over from 0, with a sweepstake to be won by whoever gets the end of the world date correct. (Prize to be collected posthumously).

Starting from now, I'm going for 127, 13 May, approximately 1321 BST.

Yes, but no-one has decided the start date yet:
http://www.nature.com/news/anthropoc...an-age-1.17085