The day zero of the Maya current era was 13.0.0.0.0 of the Long Count, 4 Ahau 8 Cumku of the Calendar Round. This date corresponds with our August 11, 3114 B.C., according to Linda Schele and David Freidel in A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya.  

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