The 365-and-change-day calendar we use is the result of scientific sweat, an attempt to bring us to a Verifiable Truth regarding how long it takes the .... read more
The era preceding CE is known as before the Common Era or before the Current Era (BCE), while the Dionysian era distinguishes eras as AD (anno Domini,"[the] year of [the] Lord") and BC ("before Christ"). read more
Common Era or Current Era (CE) is one of the notation systems for the world's most widely used calendar era – an alternative to the Dionysian AD and BC system. read more
CE is an abbreviation for Common Era. BCE is short for Before Common Era. The Common Era begins with year 1 in the Gregorian calendar. Instead of AD and BC. CE and BCE are used in exactly the same way as the traditional abbreviations AD and BC. AD is short for Annus Domini, Latin for year of the Lord. BC is an abbreviation of Before Christ. read more