[FreedomCalls]

Counting starts at 0 (0-9, 10-19, 20-29, etc.). The calendar should start the same way.

Do you want the days of the month to start with 0 as well? November 31, 2004 followed by December 0, 2004? A year is an ordinal number, not a cardinal number. I explained it earlier. This is the 2004th year since Christ's birth. The first year he was alive is the First Year AD. A year is a span of time, not a point in time.

[Junior]

Dude, y'all are going off the deep end on this. The months needn't change. Retroactively adding a year 0, however, makes counting dates across the great divide a whole lot easier. It also eliminates the need for the AD/BC/CE/BCE squabble; years prior to 0 would be designated with the minus sign.

I don't understand the antipathy to the concept of a year 0. As far as I can tell, the only objection, and it's a valid objection, is tradition. Some folks like a little clunkiness in their dating systems.