Dating creation

This article is about religious and traditional beliefs. For the modern scientific consensus, see Age of the universe and Age of Earth.
Creation of the Earth. Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677)

Dating creation is the attempt to provide an estimate of the age of Earth or the age of the universe as understood through the creation myths of various religious traditions. Various traditional beliefs hold that the Earth, or the entire universe, was brought into being in a grand creation event by one or more deities. After these cultures develop calendars, a question arises: Precisely how long ago did this creation event happen?