yobarr wrote:

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Just like to wish everybody a safe,happy and prosperous new year.At the end of 2020 we can all prepare to welcome the beginning of a new decade,as this decade does not end until midnight on December 31st,2020.If anybody disagrees,just ask yourself how many runs does a cricketer need to complete to be credited with scoring a century? A century has not been scored until the end of the hundredth run,not the beginning of that run,or year.Cheers

P.S There never was a year "0.

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That is right, when you were born,that was your first day,then after 30 days you were 1 mth old,then 2mths etc. after 12 mths you were 1 yr. old.

You weren't born  1yr old.

Plain Truth wrote:

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yobarr wrote:

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Just like to wish everybody a safe,happy and prosperous new year.At the end of 2020 we can all prepare to welcome the beginning of a new decade,as this decade does not end until midnight on December 31st,2020.If anybody disagrees,just ask yourself how many runs does a cricketer need to complete to be credited with scoring a century? A century has not been scored until the end of the hundredth run,not the beginning of that run,or year.Cheers

P.S There never was a year "0.

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That is right, when you were born,that was your first day,then after 30 days you were 1 mth old,then 2mths etc. after 12 mths you were 1 yr. old.

You weren't born  1yr old.

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  In China you are one (first year) when you are born

In actual fact, the end of this year is the end of a decade. Perhaps not as portrayed by the media use of the term, or in the working of age, but certainly when one considers what a decade is.

A decade being considered a period of 10 years, the end of this year marks the end of the 10 year period from 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2019.

May not be what the media means when it says decade, but any year is in fact the end of a decade being the 10 year period immediately prior.

Just a thought to ponder at this moment in time. Here is one definition from the internet that does back up the media usage as well.


Meaning of decade in English (from /dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/decade)


decade
noun [ C ]

uk /dek.ed/ /deked/ us /dek.ed/ /deked/


B2
a period of ten years, especially a period such as 2010 to 2019

Happy New Year and Happy New decade to you all!

A decade is a period of ten years and the last year of an ordinal decade ends in a number containing a  'zero'.If anyone needs help to understand this,they might like to write down all the numerals from one to ten,and it will soon become apparent that the tenth number they have written has a 'zero' in it? I am well aware that any ten year period can be referred to as a decade,but I must again point out that the 202nd decade will not conclude until end of 2020.Sad,boring,inconvenient truth. Referrals to '70s' and '80s' etc are nothing but red herrings thrown in by people who seem unable to count.To help these people to understand,I again will ask them to consider how many runs a batsman needs to complete to be credited with scoring a century? He does not reach his century at the end of his 99th run.Similarly,the 202nd decade will not be over until the end of 2020. Cheers

yobarr wrote:

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A decade is a period of ten years and the last year of an ordinal decade ends in a number containing a  'zero'.If anyone needs help to understand this,they might like to write down all the numerals from one to ten,and it will soon become apparent that the tenth number they have written has a 'zero' in it? I am well aware that any ten year period can be referred to as a decade,but I must again point out that the 202nd decade will not conclude until end of 2020.Sad,boring,inconvenient truth. Referrals to '70s' and '80s' etc are nothing but red herrings thrown in by people who seem unable to count.To help these people to understand,I again will ask them to consider how many runs a batsman needs to complete to be credited with scoring a century? He does not reach his century at the end of his 99th run.Similarly,the 202nd decade will not be over until the end of 2020. Cheers

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No help needed Yobarr. Quite simple really. Youre incorrect regarding this, and all the bold words, or attempts at belittling comments do not alter the fact that the decade (10 year period) from 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2019 finished yesterday at midnight. That is really the inconvenient truth! Perhaps if you had made it clear that you were discussing an ORDINAL decade at the start, it may have been different.

That said, enjoy the new year and non ordinal decade (also known as a CARDINAL decade according to Wikipedia).

-- Edited by TheHeaths on Wednesday 1st of January 2020 08:13:05 PM

Yep, definitely two schools of thought out there.

Not gonna argue which is right or wrong,  but I think I tend to agree with the ops point of view on this one.

For some reason it all reminds me of the daylight savings disputes :)

Happy New Year.

Joe.