[frgoff]

Nope. The years are identical. CE and BCE were simply used to replace BC and AD because they were too Christian-centric. No other reason than that.

This isn't 2005 AD and 2009 CE.

[Preachin']

"Nope. The years are identical."

No they aren't. C.E. (common era) was installed to allow for the missed years in dating.

The year 1 by our reckoning is always referred to to as -4 B.C.E. (before common era) by those who use the B.C.E and C.E> dating methods.

I have issues with it being called Common Era, while the birth of Christ is the point of its reference, but it does serve to rectify dating errors.