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    So does the new decade start on Jan 1, 2020 or or on Jan 1, 2021?

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    • 2020 literally.monospaced
    • but but, the end of the first year was December 31, 1 AD.Krassy
    • so the end of this current decade, according to that, will be on December 31, 2020Krassy
    • the twenty ones how stupid that sounds ahah 1 BC was followed by AD 1 there was no zero year
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    • although you are right, i think with decades people tend to start with year "zero" - the 60s, 80s, etc...renderedred
    • Yes. The END of the first year ended in 1. That’s one full year AFTER the start of the decade or whatever. As soon as it ticks to 2X it’s a new decade.monospaced
    • e.g. when you’re 19 years old, you’re finishing your 20th year. You’re fully twenty years finished when you turn 20. The new decade begins.monospaced
    • And no the end of the first year was December 31, 0000, not 1. Sorry but it’s true.monospaced
    • Of course there’s a year 0. There’s one starting tomorrow and has been since AD 0. Maybe I’m wrong but that’s just how counting works.monospaced
    • https://en.wikipedia…renderedred
    • Use your fingers as years. You have 10 fingers for the first decade. So the 10th finger is part of the 1st decade. Right?Krassy
    • The full year 2020 is part of the 2020 decade, therefore year 2021 is the beginning of the next decade :)Krassy
    • There was no year zero, it started at 1. The rest is simple mathGnash
    • this: https://en.wikipedia…
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    • This debate is painful. I 1/1/01 is the first day of the millenium, then 1/1/91 was the first day of the 90s.CyBrainX
    • I thought this was the dumbest debate ever, but looked it up and turns out Krassy is actually right.yuekit
    • Read the part at the end:
      https://en.wikipedia…      yuekit
    • So technically the 2020s haven't started yet, everyone come back in a year :)yuekit
    • Granted the whole system seems a bit questionable considering they don't know how the original "AD" date was determined in the first place.yuekit
    • Fuck this shit. :)monospaced
    • :DD
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    • https://www.dictiona…
      "a period of ten years beginning with a year whose last digit is zero"      drgs
    • https://en.wikipedia…
      Cardinal definition is how everyone understands decades, you can argue about year 1 AD, but the world has entered 2020s      drgs
    • exactly my thought, drgsmonospaced
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