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==The long count calendar==
Since neither the Haab nor the Tzol'kin recorded year numbers, something else was needed for the recording of dates. There was also a [[Maya Long Count Calendar | Long Count calendar]] which started at [0.0.0.0.0] (with Maya record) on [[August 11]], [[3114 BCEBC]] according to the "Goodman, Martinez-Hernandez, and [[J. Eric S. Thompson|Thompson]]" correlation (nicknamed "GMT"), the most widely accepted correlation between the Maya and [[Gregorian calendar]]. This cycle is 1,872,000 [[day]]s in length, terminates on the [[Winter Solstice]] of ([[December 21]]) [[2012|2012AD CE2012]] and is designated [13.0.0.0.0] or [0.0.0.0.0], since the Maya believed that [[time]] is somehow periodical. Another widely-used correlation, that of Lounsbury, correlates the start-day to [[August 13]], [[3114 BCEBC]] and the terminal date to [[December 23]], 2012AD CE2012.
===The end of the world?===
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