<tip>
<para>
- Gregorian years AD 1-99 can be entered by using 4 digits with leading
+ Gregorian years AD 1–99 can be entered by using 4 digits with leading
zeros (e.g., <literal>0099</literal> is AD 99).
</para>
</tip>
calendar, unrelated to the Julian calendar though it is confusingly
named similarly to that calendar.
The Julian Date system was invented by the French scholar
- Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609)
+ Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540–1609)
and probably takes its name from Scaliger's father,
- the Italian scholar Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484-1558).
+ the Italian scholar Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484–1558).
In the Julian Date system, each day has a sequential number, starting
from JD 0 (which is sometimes called <emphasis>the</emphasis> Julian Date).
JD 0 corresponds to 1 January 4713 BC in the Julian calendar, or