Date formats
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Date formats used in academia used to indicate years in two forms: B.C. and A.D. In recent decades this has shifted to BCE and CE, possibly to deflect attention from the Latin phrase anno domini (year of our Lord) towards which some non-Christians might object. See political correctness.