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by bouke 1392 days ago
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
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zzo38computer 1392 days ago
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.
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