WHAT DO DATES MEAN?

AD : Anno Domini

  • The present date generally assigned to the birth of JESUS CHRIST, the founder of CHRISTIANITY.
  • The dates after the birth of Lord  CHRIST
  • Basically represent as AD, stands for two Latin words – Anno and Domini
  • AD means 'in the year of Lord'(i.e. Christ)
  • Means years started with the birth of Lord Christ
  • When we say year 2000, it states that the time span of two thousand years after the birth of Lord.

BC: BEFORE CHRIST                                    

  • All the dates before the birth of Christ are counted backwards and usually have the letters BC, means Before Christ.
  • If we are talking about 200 BC, then we have to add 200 years with the current year i.e.2022.
  • It means we are talking about the story of (200+2022) 2222 years ago.
  • Sometimes CE is used instead of AD and BCE and BP instead of BC.
  • CE stands for Common Era.
  • BCE stands for Before Common Era.
  • BP stands for Before Present.
  • Most of the countries of the world now using Christian Era and calendar used widely is The Gregorian Calendar.
  • We began using this form dating from about two hundred years ago in India.