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From: cowan@marob.masa.com (John Cowan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Day of week routine
Message-ID: <720@marob.masa.com>
Date: 31 May 89 20:14:21 GMT
References: <234@zeek.UUCP> <322@xdos.UUCP> <FLEE.89May22191959@shire.cs.psu.edu> <554@drd.UUCP> <1989May29.232954.25638@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: cowan@marob.masa.com (John Cowan)
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In article <1989May29.232954.25638@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>Most of the Gregorian world uses the standard "AD" numbering

However, much of the world >calls< that numbering "C.E.", for Common Era.
(Used to be "Christian Era".)  "In the year of our Lord" is a bit too
Christian for lots of nations.
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