When did the new millenium begin?

[JDawg1536]

And when does each decade begin and end?

 

[2Xtreme21]

Uh, Jan 1 2000, 00:00:00.000...1?

Eh I guess 2001 if you go by the whole "there was no year 0" thing.

 

[2ll2]

All I know is that the last 10 years were the worst evAr.

good ridence

 

[IronWing]

With the destruction of the ring and the fall of Barad Dur.

 

[brblx]

millenia, centuries, and decades are 1-10, 1-100, and 1-1000 (completely non-respectively). so yes, the end year with the zero(es) counts.

but in reality, who gives a shit. no one is arguing that thirty is the final number in the twenties. and unless you're ever on a gameshow and are asked 'was the year 1900 in the ninteenth or twentieth century' or some such it doesn't matter.

 

[FoBoT]

1 jan 2001

so 1 jan 2011

 

[Red Squirrel]

We only have 2 more years to live. We must reconstruct the ring, it is our only hope.

 

[SunSamurai]

Here is your answer

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...I0sP0OTZpQIv-UaHA&sig2=5jokhnIcGA-YewihE1rruA

 

[SunSamurai]

1 jan 2001

so 1 jan 2011

Eh? Thats not right. 2001 is though, it seems. (no year zero i guess?)

 

[2Xtreme21]

The n-(st/nd/rd/th) millennium started/will start on the year 1000×n - 999.

 

[mugs]

Pedantic people will tell you that the last millennium ended on Dec 31, 2000, therefore this decade ends on Dec 31, 2010. Pedantic people can suck it. A millennium is 1000 years, and a decade is 10 years. They are not defined as starting in a particular year. The 1000 year period (millennium) that started in 1010 will end at the end of this year. The 1000 year period (millennium) that started in 1000 ended at the end of 1999. The 10 year period that started in 2000 will end at the end of this year.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Uh, Jan 1 2000, 00:00:00.000...1?

Eh I guess 2001 if you go by the whole "there was no year 0" thing.

Well... there was no year 0 so you are begrudginly correct?

The new decade begins on Jan 1, 2011.


Just like the current century began on Jan 1, 2001.

 

[ElFenix]

because it's more impressive when numbers further left change, not the one to the right.

 

[FoBoT]

pe⋅dan⋅tic  [puh-dan-tik]
–adjective
1. ostentatious in one's learning.
2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.

 

[SunSamurai]

Well... there was no year 0 so you are begrudginly correct?

The new decade begins on Jan 1, 2011.


Just like the current century began on Jan 1, 2001.

I dont see how the decade starts at 2011 when we had 1999-2000.

 

[BoomerD]

01-01-01 was the start of the millenium...first day of the first month of the first year.
01-01-01 was the start of the new century...first day of the first month of the first year.
Decades tend to be measured by the first digit: 20's, 30's, etc, so the new decade begins 01-01-10

 

[Red Squirrel]

Why over complicate things? If the 4th digit from the right changes then it's a new millennium, if the 3rd then it's a new century, if the second then it's a new decade. The first, then it's a new year. A new year starts when the clock hits 0:00 of 2010, so it only makes sense to use the same logic for the other bigger units of measurement.

I lol at people who tried to start another Y2K craze when it was about to turn to 2001. That was a failed attempt by people trying to pump more money from people's fears. "buy generators this year is it!!! The end is here!!!"

 

[JDawg1536]

01-01-01 was the start of the millenium...first day of the first month of the first year.
01-01-01 was the start of the new century...first day of the first month of the first year.
Decades tend to be measured by the first digit: 20's, 30's, etc, so the new decade begins 01-01-10

So did the first decade under the Anno Domini dating system only have nine years?

 

[JDawg1536]

Pedantic people will tell you that the last millennium ended on Dec 31, 2000, therefore this decade ends on Dec 31, 2010. Pedantic people can suck it. A millennium is 1000 years, and a decade is 10 years. They are not defined as starting in a particular year. The 1000 year period (millennium) that started in 1010 will end at the end of this year. The 1000 year period (millennium) that started in 1000 ended at the end of 1999. The 10 year period that started in 2000 will end at the end of this year.

Ok, so the 1,000 year period that started in 1000 ended at the end of 1999. Where did the 1,000 year period that started in 1000 begin?