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by 11235813213455 1389 days ago
> One-based indexing for the year and day,

Year is 0 based too

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Year 0 doesn’t exist [1], and I wouldn’t regard years as being indexed. How would you represent 1 BC, with a negative index?

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero

Year zero will be possible with astronomical year numbering. In this case, 1 AD will be +1, and 1 BC will be 0, and 2 BC will be -1.