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Sometimes you see Years written like

2000 AD

550 BC

What do they mean?

AD is AFTER Jesus was born

BC is BEFORE Jesus was born

AD comes from Latin Anno Domini meaning 'In the year of Our Lord'

BC comes from Before Christ

Years Before and After

So 550 BC means 550 years before Jesus was born

And 2000 AD almost means 2000 years after Jesus was born ...

... except AD started at 1, not 0

Some historians put the actual birth of Jesus 4 years earlier (4 BC), but it WAS thought to be exactly at 1 AD.

A monk named Dionysius Exiguus calculated his own present year to be 525 AD

And if you continue counting years from then you get our current year number.

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So, AD is now just a 'Year Number' (every New Year we add 1), and it only roughly equals how many years ago that Jesus Christ was born.

'2000 AD' or 'AD 2000'

Should 'AD' be written before or after the number?

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It WAS common to write it before (the standard was to put 'AD' before the year and 'BC' after), but now many people put 'AD' after the year number. So you decide!

What is CE and BCE?

They are recent terms that mean the same as AD and BC:

CE means 'Common Era' and is the same as AD

BCE means 'Before Common Era' and is the same as BC

Example: 500 BCE is 500 BC

Other Calendars

There are other ways of saying what year it is!

Example, Muslims have dates that relate to Mohammad's emigration from Mecca to Medina called the Hijra, and so they use AH dates.

The Year 2020 AD is about 1441 AH, but the years start on different days and AH years are shorter!

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