No answer.) But even if we understand what AD means, the convention can create confusion even when Christian scholars are trying to refer to, well, the years around the time of Jesus Christ. Because we know the birth year is off, any date in the first century BCE or CE is automatically a bit offset compared to the reference point that BC/AD uses.

May 7, 2015 · The years we know of as AD are now to be known as CE, "Common Era", and the years we know of as BC are to be known as BCE, "Before Common Era". How a mere change of abbreviation can be deemed politically correct, when the underlying concept of a time-system based on a minority religion remains the same, is anybody's guess!

Nov 11, 2019 · There 5 BCE is earlier in time than 1 BCE. 1 BCE is later in time than 5 BCE. So I would say that 3-1 BCE is the later part of that decade (10-1 BCE). I don't see how an instructor could mark me wrong if one time is later than another in chronology, not notation.

Apr 9, 2014 · According to Urban Dictionary, CID can be Cum In Deep, which apparently means to come inside someone without a condom. – Janus Bahs Jacquet Commented May 9, 2014 at 23:49

Could you tell me what "ca. 1828" means? i.e. "ca." before a date? What if it says ";First half of 12th century (c.a. 1175)?".

Aug 11, 2011 · I understand the use of circa / c. as it applies to approximating dates. However, I have a writer who (over)uses the word in other contexts. Examples: ... from circa early 1990s up until circa 8 y...

Dec 5, 2013 · FWIW, when I was taught (by History teachers) to take lecture notes as a VIth Form A-level student in Britain in the 1970s, we were taught the abbreviation "C12th" etc. as a standard usage (optionally with the C larger than and partially enclosing the number).

Oct 29, 2016 · The date a.d.XIX.Kal.Feb. means 19 days before the kalends of February. Don't count on the a.d. for ante diem to be lower case. Inscriptions in Latin often appear only in capital letters. From : (www.religioustolerance.org)

How to write date range succinctly and unambiguously in American written English? In a sentence I usually use "from January 1, 1923 through December 31, 1986".

a day is a constant while a date keeps on changing over time, for example Tuesday the 30th of December 2008 was on the fourth week. however,the fourth week of December 2011 presents us with a Tuesday with 27th as its date. this shows us that the day "Tuesday" continue to appear in fourth week, but with a different date. this then provokes the question why do people celebrate …