Re: CONLANG Digest - 2 Jan 2000 to 3 Jan 2000 (#2000-4)

Muke Tever wrote:
> Know why?
> The Mayans had zero.   When our calendar was invented, we didn't.
True, but we use zero in ages.  A child isn't "1" at birth, but rather
"0", altho we actually say "newborn".  With chronology, we start with 1,
with ages we start with 0.  Strange.

Besides, saying "because there was no year 0" makes it sound like an
aberration that we've since outgrown.

But saying that 1BC, 1AD is a "blunder" is, IMO, false.  AD 1 is the
FIRST year of the Lord [granted, based on an inaccurate birthdate, but
that's another issue], while 1 BC is the FIRST year counting backward
from the Birth.

If you start a job, do you refer to the day you begin as your "zeroth
day" at that job?  No, it's the "first day".

And so, since we are now in the year 2000, we are in the two-thousandth
year, which is the last of 2000 years.

On the other hand, I am 21, which means I am in my twenty-SECOND year of
life.

The Solar Calendar, which was invented in the United Cities of Luna in
the 22nd (?) century, and implemented in the 25th (?) uses 0.  They
count from the Lunar landing, which is called 0/0/0 (format = Y/M/D).
Years are 12 months of 30 days each, no extra days or anything, simply
360 days in a year.  This calendar came into play after the Plagues
destroyed Earth, with no need to keep in synch with Earth, they were
finally able to implement a different calendar (which had been
experimented with before, but not successfully).  Anyhoo, so dates in a
month are numbered 0-29, and months are numbered 0-11, that is, a year
is 0/0 - 11/29

> "Me too".. though I've once heard 'Y2L' offered.
Y2L?  As in L follows K?  Odd.

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