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AFAIK, to keep it unconnected to any religion, the terms used are BCE and CE, as a replacement for BC and AD. BCE: Before Common Era CE: Common Era This is the international terminology acceptable by non-Christian cultures, regions and religions. Am I right? Ash > Kerno uses a. C. = ante Christo and A. D. = anno domino. PC hasn't hit Ill Bethisad yet, but I suppose the Chravithyck minority, especially in academia, might prefer something less religious in nature. Perhaps E. C. = etats commyn and a. E. C. = ante l' etat commyn. Paleoscientists like a. P. = ante le Present. Amongst other archaic systems there are also A. A. U. C. = anno ab urpe condita; and the less common A. I. C. = anno emperio Constantinopolo. Now is 2755 for the former, 549 for the latter. It's also A. U. D. xxxvij = anno uxelrigo dunnor (37th regnal year of the High King of Dunein) and A. T. C. xxxv = anno terrenio combrogior (35th regnal year of Ill Teruin). > In Odiosus's "Morion Poplon", I use "Present Age" or "Current Era" and "Before the Present Age". The present age for Odiosus starts about 2000 ago (how convenient!) from the perspective of the present; and was inaugurated at the death of the archmage and Emperor called Agustas in the West. This "common calendar" is now used in many countries around the world. 1CE = year 87 of the Pesqas zodiacal era. Now (2002) is 2089 of that same era (if I did the maths right).