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To: Professional Engineer

No BC or AD? Fine, how about we call the current year 228 US. New Years Day will from now on occur on July 4.

That's actually a very sensible idea (if one is chucking out one's Christian heritage), the Romans dated from the foundation of the City. I have been known to add Anno Regis Elizabetha 53 to the date (the 53rd year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth).

The only problem then is that you have to know that the Queen came to the throne in 1952, and I have to know that the U.S. was founded in 1776, and we both have to know that Kenya was granted independence in 1963. Many dates to remember for international relations.

49 posted on 11/18/2004 11:35:27 AM PST by tjwmason ("The English, the English, the English are best; I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest")

Or we could always date everything from the year of the Hegira (this would be the year 1425).

67 posted on 11/18/2004 12:01:52 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")

Good points. I picked 1776 due to widespread public knowledge. The Christian calender serves well for an even more well known frame of reference.

152 posted on 11/18/2004 8:02:36 PM PST by Professional Engineer (What happens when you get an Electrical Engineer wet?)

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