| Show TIlE THE OE TUnY To the Editor We bave bao read in the tho News the nr ar arbitrary decision lon us as to when tIme the will begin launched b by the tho I Century diners at iii April I 1570 1170 which is hi not on only I cal eal but absurdly with the thu chronologIcal terminology In use throughout J or example The datte ot of this thle corn com Is December 16 10 A D B which mathematically interpreted means 1109 years oon 11 months an and 16 days ad ed to the era ot of tha worM which III at the or of the era ern ernD A D 1 Obviously moo year 1111 have hae been since the tho era A D boson began yet Tet we le call this 1 11 ent century time the century and whon years will have hse boon bOlln completed we 11 be In the th c century It now the tho century begInning at the ot of years oar Is the the century beginning at the n of years oara Is 1 the tho Ic second ond I the tho first century being the con tury antI adjacent to till the ten ter or of too ice yours To be consistent tent tont with this terminology WO We are forced to the tho position that the first year of 01 the tho first century was the year prey OUs cos amul to tb the termination ot of 1 year Is the year beginnIng with withA J A D zero zoro and ending tit at the point denoted the calendar This t made clear In the tho time line used In the tho chronologies Accordingly time tho first day ot of the tho first century bo be I 1 I A 1 A The rho first day ot of the Ule ren tur tory would lO wrItten January I 1 A D The Tho first day of the century should therefore IJo be JanuarY I 1 A D noo a 0 Q i iD D i II ALLEN |
