If we were still using Roman numerals, digital watches would have
to be the size of a house. 

Ken wrote:
> 
> Lance Birch wrote:
> >

> >
> > No, all I was saying is that in our current date system, according to the
> > date it will start on 01/01/2001 not 01/01/2000 (because there was no year
> > 0).
> 
>   Why would you need a year zero ? Going by the historical accounts the moment
> that Christ was born would have been the first second of the first minute of
> the first hour of the first day of year one. That is the only reference point
> you need to validate the beginning of a period of time.
> 
> On a side note: The Romans had no mathmatical concept for the term zero.
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler
> 
> See my 700+ Povray and 3D Rendering and Raytracing Links at:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html

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Cheers
Steve

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