how many days in year were there before christ was born?

Answer 1

The same as after. His birth didn't change the cycle of the sun.

Answer 2

The Jewish calendar, which is a combination of a solar/lunar calendar, has between 354 and 355 days in an ordinary year. The Roman calendar had 355 days before the days of Julius Caesar, when it came to have 365 days.

Of course, various civilizations have measured a year slightly differently, depending on whether they were using a lunar or solar calendar or a combination of the two. The Chinese calendar, for example, ordinarily has between 363 and 355 days just as the Jewish calendar does. Incidentally, classifying dates according to Christ's birth--BC and AD--was not a common practice in Europe until the 8th century CE.

Answer 3

We humans have changed our calendars in different ways, and some people - Musims, Chinese, Jews, Mayans - have a different numbering system, but a day is one earth rotation and a year is one orbit around the sun; that hasn't changed since Creation or this rocky ball coalesced, whichever you think best explains it. A year has been 365.25 days for millions of years or since Creation.

If you take Spanish or French you'll notice a similarity between their words for "seven" through "Ten" to
Sept-ember,
Oct-ober,
Nov-ember and
Dec-ember.
You'll also notice "Oct" crops up in many things related to 8, like octopi, and 10 crops up in things related to 10, like decimals.

December used to be the 10th month.

When the new year starts changed from April 1, which was close to the Spring eqinox, to January 1, which is close to the Winter solstice, back in the middle ages. People who didn't change were called "April Fools", from whence comes our celebration of foolishness on April 1.

Pope Gregory adjusted the calendar in the 1700's. After his adjustment, years that ended in "00" only counted as leap years if they were divisible by 400. 2000 was a leap year, 1900 wasn't.

Answer 4

I don't think anyone really knows that answer. I have heard a story several times that goes something like this: If God had 24 hours to 1 of His days, and since the Earth is over 4 billion years old, then Mankind as we know it today did not appear until about 15 seconds to midnight.
People in Biblical times lived much longer than they do now. For example, Abraham was over 900 years old when his son Isaac was born; Methuselah lived to be over 5,000 years old; etc.

Answer 5

Scientifically the first answerer is correct. However, I think Ted has given you a good hint. How cultures measured time and years could be different for each.

Answer 6

365 1/4, give or take a few minutes.