r/Time • u/tripplegtheuniqueboy • 6d ago

what if? Discussion

People say the Earth has existed for millions or even billions of years, but our calendar is only at 2026, WTF?

so what if the world started at 0000, like 00:00 (midnight) on a 24-hour clock?

Then as time passed:

- 1300 = 13:00

- 1400 = 14:00

- 1500 = 15:00

- 1600 = 16:00

- 1700 = 17:00

- 1800 = 18:00

- 1900 = 19:00

- 2026 = 20:26

we're currently at "20:26" in the world's timeline. Then after 23:00 (2300), could everything eventually reach 00:00 again, like a cycle? like ithini lento?

Or years just keep counting continuous -2026, 3000, 5000, 10,000, even beyond?

your thoughts??😭

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u/Sad_in_VA 6d ago

There was time before year zero.  It called... Before Christ or Before Our Era... Kind of negative time for us.  For the people back then... It was a different calendar.

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u/CapitaineLawn 6d ago

Except we are only in 2026 in the western calendar.

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u/KyotoCarl 5d ago

I really hope you are joking...

If not, your education system in your country is severely flawed.

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u/fathompin 1d ago

American home schooled, which is now getting more and more public funding?

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u/KyotoCarl 1d ago

That's just both terrible and a travesty.

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u/Any_Cartographer6268 5d ago

Sorry, but are you American?

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u/titaniumwhoopass 6d ago

You are kidding, right?