Heart attack kills China ‘century baby’ born at midnight on January 1, 2000 at 25 - eviltoast
  • i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 days ago

    There is no year 1 in our current calendar system either. The Gregorian Calendar begins in 1582. The Julian Calendar includes year 1, but changed in year 8, so 0001-01-01 is a slightly different day in the Gregorian Calendar, the Julian Calendar, and the old Julian Calendar. 2000 years after Julian Calendar 0001-01-01 is late December 2000.

    This has less meaning in China because China used its own calendar until 1911. People living in China 2000 years before 2001-01-01 would not have called it year 1.