[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#2591) Nondenominational calendar patch

["Jason Short via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 18:59, esr@xxxxxxxxxxx via RT wrote:
> 
> This patch makes all necessary changes to go fom BC/AD (Before
> Christ/Anno Domini) to BCE/CE (Before Common Era/Common Era).  A good
> thing unless we want to assume that all Freeciv's future users will
> be Christians.
> 
> If you haven't encountered this usage before, that's because it's 
> mostly an academic one.  Other educated native speakers of English 
> recognize it but don't generate it spomtaneously.
> 
> My patches to the data files already use BCE/CE.  

Leave the translating to the translators.  But IMO it is better for the
source code to use the more "correct" CE/BCE.

jason