[Ansteorra] 1 May 37 AS

[j_smallw at TITAN.SFASU.EDU]

Another way to look at it is that we started with AS I.  There was no AS
0, so May 1, 1966 marked the start of the 1st year of the SCA, thus May 1,
2002 marked the start of the 37th year of the Society or AS 37.

May 1 also marked the 36th anniversary of the start of the SCA.  In other
words, it's AS 37.  It was Happy 36th Anniversay, and the Society is 36
years old.

Ansgar

On Thu, 2 May 2002, Padraig O'Maolagain wrote:

>
> It's actually the same reasoning in both cases:  the first year of Anno Domini is calculated from the year 1, the first year of Anno Societatis is calculated from the year 1.  So we are in the year 2002, or the the two thousand and second year since the birth of Christ (officially, anyway - never mind the miscalculations and caledar reforms that result in Jesus having been born between 3 and 7 years before the year we count from), and in year 37 of the Society, or the thirty-seventh year after the beginning of the SCA.
>
> Pádraig
>
> Aethelyan wrote:
>
> >2001, because when you count to ten, you don't stop at 9, you stop at 10.
> >Therefore, a multiple of ten ends with a zero. Therefore, the 20th century
> >ends in 2000, being a multiple of ten years.
> >
> >However, since we began numbering Anno Societatis with Year 1 in 1966, it is
> >now A.S. XXXVII. It doesn't follow the same rule. I guess we're numbering
> >like the (I believe) Chinese do, counting from the first year of existence
> >being Year 1.
> >
> >Aethelyan Moondragon
> >Bryn Gwlad
> >
> >
> >Okay, is this one of those 'New Math' problems like "When EXACTLY did this
> >new millenium start?"
> >BTW, what IS the answer, 2000 or 2001?!? %)
> >
> >Olivia
> >---
> >Carpe Diem Ex Illo Vitae Opprime!
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________
> Sent via the WebMail system at irishbard.com
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ansteorra mailing list
> Ansteorra at ansteorra.org
> http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/ansteorra
>