Dates of Creation

Various religions and cultures have calculated a specific year, day, or time for creation: Creation 77.76 trillion years ago: Puranic Hinduism calculating repeating cycles of creation of the universe. 15 billion years ago: Light traveling at 186,000 miles per second takes about 15 billion years to reach Earth from distant objects. 5508 B.C.: Year of Creation that will be adopted in 7th century A.D. Constantinople and used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and secularly in Russia until early in the 18th century A.D. 5490 B.C.: Year of Creation as it will be reckoned by early Syrian Christians. 4004 B.C.: October 23 at 9 am: Date of Creation as it will be reckoned by Irish theologian James Ussher in 1650 A.D. and John Lightfoot a decade earlier. 3760 B.C.: Year of Creation as it will be reckoned in the Hebrew calendar that will be used from the 15th century A.D. 3641 B.C.: February 10: date of Creation as it will be reckoned by Mayan calendars in the Western Hemisphere.

In 1738, De Vignoles stated that he had accumulated no fewer than 200 computations of the date of creation, all based upon various diverse interpretations of the Bible.

Excerpted and adapted from: Beliefs in the Earth's age by old Earth creationists, young Earth creationists, and scientists Estimates of the Biblical Date of Creation Prehistory Dating Creation The Creation Date Controversy