The best word is likely "epoch".  Just as "place" represents some complex 
political/geographical area.  A date is a range of times.  The endpoints of 
that range are defined by all the rules we've touched on.  Place and epoch are 
intertwined.  It is the coherent definition of the underlying timescale that is 
at risk.

Rob
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On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:34 AM, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Rob Seaman said:
>> But you did it yourself.  Birth certificates list both time and place.
> 
> Mine doesn't list time, nor do any of those of my family (who were born in 
> two different countries, by the way, so this isn't just a UK thing).

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