Re: Defect in XSH asctime()

["Clive D.W. Feather" <yyyyy@xxxxxxxxx>]

H. Peter Anvin said:
>> There are reasons to believe that the actual year was either 1 B.C. or
>> A.D.1. It depends on which eclipse you take as being the significant one.
> 
> The problem is that there was no Roman census in those years.  The only
> one which fits both astronomical events and Roman censuses in the rein
> of Augustus Octavianus is the year 8 B.C. on our calendar (the other two
> were 28 B.C. and 8 A.D.)
> 
> Also, king Herod is known to have died in 4 B.C. on our calendar.

I wish I could find the web page that explained the 1 B.C. date; it might
address these issues. However, my googling is failing to retrieve it.

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