Editing Yazdegerd III (section)

==Zoroastrian calendar==
The [[Zoroastrian calendar|Zoroastrian religious calendar]], which is still in use today, uses the [[regnal year]] of Yazdegerd III as its base year,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lalis|url=http://www.zcserv.com|work=Zoroastrian Calendar|access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref> and its [[calendar era]] (year numbering system) is accompanied by a Y.Z. suffix.{{sfn|Morony|1986|pp=203–210}}

Magians took Yazdegerd III's death as the end of the millennium of [[Zoroaster]] and the beginning of the millennium of [[Oshedar]].{{sfn|Morony|1986|pp=203–210}}