Hi. I know that when you are referring to years before 0, you use BC. I also know that with years like 10 and 123, you'd use AD. But we don't say AD 2014; we just say 2014. What year do you stop at when abbreviating? Thanks.
We don't say it because it's just easier to say 2014 instead of 2014 A.D. There's also a longer version of B.C. and A.D. That's B.C.E and C.E., which mean Before Common Era and Common Era respectively. So basically A.D. and B.C. are abbreviations of B.C.E and C.E. and just saying 2014 is an abbreviation of saying A.D. 2014.
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Primarily because we haven't yet had some other arbitrary event that could be used to mark dates, secondarily because we don't yet need to reset the year counter.
Generally, it comes down to a matter of whether or not the reader is going to know what you're talking about.
For instance, if you're talking about the Roman Empire, you'd want to use BC/AD because any given year ("Somedudeus wrote in the year 22....") could be either. But if you're talking about the Holy Roman Empire, everyone's going to know that's AD, so there's no need to specify.
Also, if there's the possibility of confusion with one of the innumerable other dating systems in the world, using BC/AD indicates which one you're using, though generally you should also state somewhat more clearly which system is being used.
Incidentally, it's correctly written "1000 BC" but "AD 1000" -- BC is, indeed, "Before Christ", but AD is "anno domini" -- "in the year of our Lord". So "1000 years before Christ" but "In the year of our Lord 1000".
IMO, trying to change BC/AD to BCE/CE is seriously insulting to billions of people -- saying that system is not just based on the birthday of a religious figure, but "common" to the whole world. Actually, the whole system is broken, because lack of a year 0 causes a disturbing number of off-by-one errors when calculating intervals crossing where 0 should be. I like the "Atomic Era" dating (used by H. Beam Piper's SF stories, among others) : Day 1, Year 0, should be what is now called December 2, 1942, when the first atomic pile achieved criticality. It's as good a point as any, and beats trying to figure out things like exactly when Mohenjo-Daro was founded or something.
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^^ To add onto this AD means Anno Domini .
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BudderGold Miner: Sky Army Stuck At Home: It's a nightmare Redstone Miner: Electrician. Diamond Miner: I'm rich! Lapis Lazuli Collector: Enchanting Time!For instance, if you're talking about the Roman Empire, you'd want to use BC/AD because any given year ("Somedudeus wrote in the year 22....") could be either. But if you're talking about the Holy Roman Empire, everyone's going to know that's AD, so there's no need to specify.
Also, if there's the possibility of confusion with one of the innumerable other dating systems in the world, using BC/AD indicates which one you're using, though generally you should also state somewhat more clearly which system is being used.
Incidentally, it's correctly written "1000 BC" but "AD 1000" -- BC is, indeed, "Before Christ", but AD is "anno domini" -- "in the year of our Lord". So "1000 years before Christ" but "In the year of our Lord 1000".
IMO, trying to change BC/AD to BCE/CE is seriously insulting to billions of people -- saying that system is not just based on the birthday of a religious figure, but "common" to the whole world. Actually, the whole system is broken, because lack of a year 0 causes a disturbing number of off-by-one errors when calculating intervals crossing where 0 should be. I like the "Atomic Era" dating (used by H. Beam Piper's SF stories, among others) : Day 1, Year 0, should be what is now called December 2, 1942, when the first atomic pile achieved criticality. It's as good a point as any, and beats trying to figure out things like exactly when Mohenjo-Daro was founded or something.
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