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		faeyanpiraat on Feb 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Someone should probably start a bright home lighti... Why put leading zeroes in years?

dymk on Feb 28, 2022 | [–]

To feel special and prompt people to ask about their funny hat

klodolph on Feb 28, 2022 | | [–]

https://longnow.org/

mazak on Feb 28, 2022 | | [–]

There's also an alternative approach to put a leading 1 called Holocene Calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_calendar

Tepix on Feb 28, 2022 | [–]

Just wait until after the year 099 and then it might catch on! /s

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