(
Latin for "in the year of the world";
Hebrew: , "from the creation of the world"), abbreviated as
AM or
A.M., or
Year After Creation, is a
calendar era based on the
biblical accounts of the
creation of the world and subsequent history. While numerous efforts have been made to determine the biblical date of Creation, yielding varying results, two in particular have established
epochs for significant calendars, including one that is still in use today.