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Invented .0001000634 MYA

It is high time to resolve the swirling, seething controversy over what to call our years, AD or CE. The two camps remain armed to the teeth or seem to be in no mood for compromise.

For longest time the year 1963 was simply 1963. If we felt the need to tart it up a bit,  we called it year 1963 AD. Here, AD is an abbreviation for the Latin words, Anno Domini, or the Year of our Lord. 44 years before year 1 was 44 BC. Here BC is an abbreviation for Before Christ.

But not everyone is a Christian or even okay with dating our times with BC and AD. So many people starting referring to BC as BCE and AD and CE, where BCE means Before Common Era and CE represents Common Era

But these appendages to the years can offend Christians or old-school historians. And this nomenclature doesn’t even change the numbers.

Bah! I will solve everything. We can all agree that if the time is now 4:15pm, then 12 noon is 14,400 SA (seconds ago) and that it is also .0000000005 MYA (million years ago.)
MYA is a time scheme used by archeologists, so it is a system we are all familiar with.

And here it is

MYA (Millions of Years Ago)

*This whole time scheme and table is based on July 8, 2024, 4:15pm being time zero. Please note; all numbers goe up by one second every second, and the MYAs** increase by a corresponding amount.

Years Called     

Year         SA or Seconds Ago*                 MYA**                  Important Event

AD or CE

2024                                         0                  0.0000000000         Now – 4:15p
2024                               14,400                 0.0000000005          Today, High noon
2024                             619,200                0.0000000196            Last Taco Tuesday