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[Nilocy]

we should all go by the year 3000 system... basically, its the year -991 atm. Because, y'know... we can... and how awesome is it to be living in negative years, we're like the stuff of textbooks!

[Grek]

I propose PB dates. Right now, it is 13,730,000,000 PB, give or take a few million years.

[Strife26]

I prefer before DF1 dates myself. Mind you, it makes it tough to figure out what year it is now. I think that I'll get my laptop to display the proper date.

*Strife's Computer, computer has been struck down!

[Jude]

Does it really matter all that much? Are we all so butthurt because a common dating system contains a mention of a religious figure?

SOMEBODY is, somewhere

And why should anybody really care?

I most certainly never said anybody should

[Wooty]

I think it's fairly ridiculous to change over to BCE/CE. Partly because it sounds dumb (Common era? What's the common era? Why is it so common?Which era is rare?), partly because BC/AD would stick around for the next century anyway until every old person died and every old history book is throw away, partly because nobody cares about what the letters mean (We've been talking about how it could offend people and how would you like to have to call it year of the Buddah 2009 and so on, but nobody here has actually said they're offended or annoyed by AD/BC. We're unlikely to find anyone who actually cares, because few people really do.) It's just too trivial and pointless to waste any effort on.

[Duke 2.0]

Does it really matter all that much? Are we all so butthurt because a common dating system contains a mention of a religious figure?

SOMEBODY is, somewhere

And why should anybody really care?

I most certainly never said anybody should

I'm sorry if that seemed directed at you. It was more towards the topic itself.

[Rilder]

We need to change to Ab urbe condita, (founding of Roma)

Current Year is 2762AUC

I mean Roma is pretty universal, unless your from Asia.

[andrea]

ab urbe condita... nice.

[Servant Corps]

I think it's fairly ridiculous to change over to BCE/CE. Partly because it sounds dumb (Common era? What's the common era? Why is it so common?Which era is rare?), partly because BC/AD would stick around for the next century anyway until every old person died and every old history book is throw away, partly because nobody cares about what the letters mean (We've been talking about how it could offend people and how would you like to have to call it year of the Buddah 2009 and so on, but nobody here has actually said they're offended or annoyed by AD/BC. We're unlikely to find anyone who actually cares, because few people really do.) It's just too trivial and pointless to waste any effort on.

* Servant Corps sighs. See, I never type AD, it's a habit of mine. I always type CE and BCE. To me, CE stands for Chrisitan Era. Regardless of your religious belief, I think few can deny that this is the Chrisitan Era. So I don't mean to offend Chrisitans when I type CE, after all, so it's not at all political correctness, it's out of habit and out of accepting historical evidence that Jesus was not born on 1 AD but some time in the BCE area, maybe around 4-6 BCE. And now you made me type an entire monoluge in red, which is such a shame.

[Jude]

"Christian Era" could be defined as dating from Jesus' baptism or else Constatine's hijacking though, but not as from 1 AD

[Vicomt]

Pretty much correct there, Fretlock, but:

-Propose a Hypothesis.
-Test the Hypothesis.
-If you can't disprove it after reasonable testing, then:
-Adopt Theory (A Theory is something that has already been tested.)
-Test Theory as new evidence and tools appear.

yeah right, like they actually do that any more.
no, they just take the existing theories as fact and try and shoehorn new evidence onto the top of the house of cards...... one day it'll all fall over.

[Alexhans]

a change that doesnt benefit me should not be made. I dont believe in any particular religion but im used to AD BC.  And changing it would be very annoying for future generations when they read old books with AD and BC.  And BCE is three letters long!!! think about the trees that will be cut down to add that single letter. 

Plus, Anno Domini sounds cool.

[chaoticag]

I don't quite see why we should bother to change one of the biggest blunders in history. Besides, as much as I support science I would hate to live in a 10 day week with ten hours a day, 100 minutes an hour, 100 seconds a minute. In fact, many people did and the guy that proposed the idea was hanged.

BCE/CE just strikes me as odd, but I don't see why people should be stopped from using them if they find it offensive. Nothing really worth losing your head over.

Wiping out BC/AD just makes no sense either, especially if it is just about mentioning Christ. I think it kindof falls under censorship at that point.

[Keiseth]

I don't really care, but I'd like to see more support for additional eras added into the framework. BC, AD, PA.

You see; Before Christ, Anno Domini, Post Apocalypse! We're eventually going to need another. Post Exodus, for leaving the Earth? We'll need one if, after the PA, we redevelop steam technology and enter a sort of steampunk utopia. And we'll need one if we get to cyberpunk before the apocalypse.

Or we could all just use the Julian Date, if it bothers us that much. We're from the Bay 12 forums, we like complicated things.

[Duke 2.0]

Besides, as much as I support science I would hate to live in a 10 day week with ten hours a day, 100 minutes an hour, 100 seconds a minute. In fact, many people did and the guy that proposed the idea was hanged.

 Not to mention it would not work unless we completely ignore seasons, the moons, the tides and everything we base the times and dates on.

 I dunno about PE, I like AE myself. Seems more... personal.