We just like one does not want to mention "Christ" when talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_time etc. See also https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/公元
>>>>> "FW" == Florian Weimer <f...@deneb.enyo.de> writes: FW> * 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson: >> I think this, >> $ LC_TIME=zh_TW.UTF-8 date >> 西元2020年11月18日 (週三) 12時39分44秒 CST >> should say 公元 not 西元. FW> Why do you think so? These Taiwanese newspapers appear to use 西元 FW> for Gregorian years: FW> <https://www.chinatimes.com/hottopic/20191108002189-260809?chdtv> Actually that only uses it once. But uses an unadorned 2020 many times. Likewise in: FW> <https://udn.com/umedia/story/12749/5023798> FW> Is there a difference between calendar dates and historical FW> references? Even if there was, the date(1) command could only choose one. And that one should be the one without silly "east" and "west" connotations.
