[Lowfer] Re: WEB

[Alberto di Bene]

"Lewis" <wa4lip at bellsouth.net> wrote :

  > PS: question, I need a conversion for the following date,
  > in roman numeral MCMLXXXVII, any one help.

Let's break it in parts :

    M     means one thousand  =  1000
    CM    means one thousand minus one hundred (the C is *before* the M) = 900
    L     means fifty = 50
    XXX   means three time ten, i.e. thirty  = 30
    V     means five  = 5
    II    means two times one, i.e. two  = 2

Adding all together 1000 + 900 + 50 + 30 + 5 + 2 = 1987, as others
have correctly reported.

73  Alberto  I2PHD