On 5/31/18, R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: >> The [current] decade consist[s] of the >> years 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020. > > That's your definition .... > My decade, like the one of most others, start at 2010.
If it's really true that the current decade starts at the beginning of 2010, then the first decade of the modern era (A.D., C.E.) has only 9 years in its "decade"--1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (because there's no year 0). Using your logic, the second decade, of course, would then have 10 years--10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19. And so on. This was the same logic used by those who celebrated the new millenium on 1/1/2000 rather than on 1/1/2001. If all decades actually have 10 years (rather than 9 years for the first one), then the end of that first decade (which starts with year 1, not a nonexistent year 0) is the end of the 10th year. (Obviously, all 10th years terminate with a zero because all multiples of 10 terminate with a zero.) Hence, the decade previous to the current one ended at the conclusion of the year 2010. The current decade (based from the beginning of the modern era) is 2011 to 2020. Just my 2 cents..... Harvey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
