Originally Posted by keithl
BCE and CE refer to "Common Era" and have been alternatives to BC and AD for some years now. I don't hold with it within places where BC and AD are well established, but it does get round an international difficulty when groups (Chinese, Arab, Jew) have different year numbering, yet have to communicate across the world in which, for historical reasons, BC and AD predominate.
I vote for renaming it 'Star Date'.
Beam me up, Spotty.