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To: Bill who wrote (53055)	7/16/2002 9:34:05 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

We already discussed and pounded the date reference to death a few days ago. AD and BC were mentioned. You might want to review that discussion.

To: Bill who wrote (53055)	7/16/2002 11:59:54 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 82486

Good question, Bill. The calendar in use then (as now) was the Gregorian calendar developed in the 6th century by a monk (Dionysius Exiguus). Prior to this the world had used a hodge podge of calendar dating systems using such things as time between Emperors, tax indictions (15 year periods), and the like. Later, Bede was to make the anno domini system customary. There were no other legal calendars at the time of the Declaration applicable to Western legal documents. The Chinese had their own calendar, and the Hindus, and so forth, but these were not legal calendars in the Colonies. The latin tradition was to place "anno domini" before the year as these signers correctly did in American English. What do you expect from a room full of lawyers, if not perfection! <g> The use of the Gregorian calendar in the American Colonies originated in the British Parliament in 1751. So it was the only lawful means of creating a legal document at that time. In the late 1800's the term "common era" was brought into usage in order to address the sensitivity of various religious and non-religious concerns.