Did the decade start in 2020

[Veer2Eternity]

or 2021?

thanks

 

[_slo_mo_]

2020, as a direct descendant of Pope Gregory XIII I'm expressly qualified to answer.

 

[thetophat2021]

2020, as a direct descendant of Pope Gregory XIII I'm expressly qualified to answer.

 

[WFBuckely]

For a decade to begin, we must start with the year ending with 1 (2021) and finish with 10, or so far as chronology is concerned, a year ending in 0 (2030). For example, January 1, 2001, opened the 21st century and the start of the new millennium, just as the year 1 A.D. marked the beginning of the Christian era.

 

[freezeoption]

Watch Seinfeld

 

[r14veer]

For a decade to begin, we must start with the year ending with 1 (2021) and finish with 10, or so far as chronology is concerned, a year ending in 0 (2030). For example, January 1, 2001, opened the 21st century and the start of the new millennium, just as the year 1 A.D. marked the beginning of the Christian era.

Exactly. 1980 was the last year of the 70s.

 

[Maverick_103]

It seems like this was an argument that happened frequently on this board I’d say a decade or two ago.