On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Dave Horsfall wrote:
No way the big JC could've been born in the
middle of winter in that part of
the world; try about 4BC (Halley's comet) around Spring in March or so.
Quite right. I was there in winter and got snowed in for 3 days at a
kibbutz near Jerusalem.
I'd also like to endorse the Holocene Calendar at this point since it
results in all events since the development of agriculture having a
positive date. Much easier for comparison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_calendar
OnUNIX: Development of UNIX started in 11969HE. See, perfectly sensible.
Rob