# Today is DAY ONE!

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**Created:** [September 14, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-day-one/596336 "2011-09-14T21:16:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-day-one/596336/1 "2011-09-14T21:16:00Z")

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_Yes, today is the first day of the World Year 7521, according to the Byzantine Calendar. It started at midnight in each time zone._

[This article explains it all very well](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_era). The reason that the “Year of the World” is much greater than Ussher’s calculation is that the reckoning is based on the Septuagint.

What I find personally ironic is the topic decided by our local Flower City Philosophy group, one week ago, in an open-topic session, for tonight.

The topic is… DEATH.

And that contrasts very nicely with the supposed date of Creation, September 1st \*, 5509 BC.

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- While today is September 14th, Gregorian, the cuurent 13 day difference makes it the FIRST of September, Julain or Old Style.

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Any thoughts?

_**- The one, True (and Blue) Jack**_