To all,
Ok, this is ridiculous.
>> On page 29 of the PostgreSQL User's Guide, distributed with version 7.0.3,
>> in table 3-8 Postgres Date Input, the last item in the Example column is
>> January 8, 99 BC. The corresponding Description item reads "Year 99 before
>> the Common Era". The author or the editor of this manual is obviously
>> expressing his anti Christian bias in attempting to redefine BC to mean
>>
>> "Common Era". Throughout history BC, when associated with a date, has
>> always stood for "Before Christ", and it always will. I challenge the
>> author/editor to tell us exactly what is the significant event in history
>> that marks the boundary of what he chooses to call "Common Era".
BCE (Before the Common Era) is a standard term used in the historical
sciences to keep from offending non-Christians. I suggest you pull out a
high school textbook _before_ ranting in the future.
Oh - and don't try to say I'm anti-Christian - I'm a Roman Catholic.
Sincerely,
Robert Vogt IV