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In recent years, [[East Asia]]n historians have attempted to match the birth of Jesus with special events in their history. They found that, according to the oldest record of the [[Comet Halley]] during the [[Han Dynasty]], "The comet heads east with its tail pointing west at night, and was appearing in the sky for more than 70 days" in [[6 BC]]. This has been suggested as an independent record of the "[[Star]]" described in Matthew 2. If accepted, this suggestion would place the birthday of Jesus in [[summer]] rather than [[winter]].

In the [[6th century]], Dionysius Exiguus proposed to make the birth of Jesus the basis of the calendar but he miscalculated the death of Herod. Years reckoned in this way are labeled "B.C.BC" and "A.D.AD", which stand for ''Before Christ'' and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (meaning "in the year of the Lord" in Latin). Since many non-Christians have come to use this calendar, an alternative notation "B.C.E." and "C.E." is also used. While the "B." indicates "Before", it is presently uncertain what the original meaning of the latter abbreviation was, although today it is taken to mean either the [[Common Era]] or the Christian Era: many references cite both.

==Date of Birth==