Per Merriam-Webster----  AD = anno Domini
Main Entry: an*no Do*mi*niPronunciation: "a-(")nO-'da-m&-nE, -'dO-,
-"nIFunction: adverbUsage: often capitalized AEtymology: Medieval Latin,
in the year of the LordDate: 1530-- used to indicate that a time
division falls within the Christian era


>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Alain Savard [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:40 AM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: [TN] TechNet addiction?
>
>The Calendar seems to say BC (That's Before Christ) and AD (After Death of
>Christ)... What happened to the 30 something years during Christ?
>
>Alain "Not an Engineer" Savard, B.Sc.
>Chemical Process Analyst
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ahne Oosterhof
>
>You must be an "engineer", all logic and no feelings. Of course, the first
>millenium started on the first of January in the year 1, so the 3rd (notice
>the "three" in that) millenium starts on the first of January in the year
>2001. But who at the start of the first millenium knew that it was a new
>millenium, did they roll from the year -1 to the year 0 to the year 1? Did
>they even know it was "January" again?
>
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