[Northkeep] Too cool date thing

[Anthony Lackey]

I believe it is now the Year of the Horse.

Catrin

Angus Mac wrote:

> What year is it on the Chinese calendar???
>
> Angus
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marc Carlson <marccarlson20 at hotmail.com>
> To: <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Too cool date thing
>
> > >From: Istvan Temesvari <istvan at micahtek.com>
> > >After thinking about this for a while (I am interested in numbers and
> > >patterns), I discovered a few things. It has actually happened two >other
> > >times before:
> > >11:11 AM, November 11, 1111 AD
> > >1:10 AM, October 1, 110 AD (if you pad with zeros)
> >
> > Unfortunately there was no 110 AD.  The "Anno Domini" year scheme was not
> > established until the 500s by Dionysius Exiguus.  Unfortunately, the
> > assumption that these are the only times this could have happened are
> > somewhat Eurocentric -- there ARE other dating systems.
> >
> > M/D
> >
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