Over the decades much discussion has focused on finding the exact correlation

between the Mayan Long Count and the Gregorian calendar. Most researchers i

n the field have now come to agree that the so-called GMT correlation, placing

the beginning of the Long Count 4 Ahau 8 Cumku on the Julian day 584 283,

August 11, 3114 BC, is correct. This means by consequence that it will end on

December 21, 2012 and most, such as Jose Arguelles, John Jenkins and

Terence McKenna, who have taken an interest in the calendar of the Maya,

have endorsed this date as the end of the currentcycle.