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I think this is incorrect. Don't centuries start with the 00? In that case the first year of a century is 0, and the 76th year would be 75, not 76 as the author
by croemer 2y ago
I think this is incorrect. Don't centuries start with the 00? In that case the first year of a century is 0, and the 76th year would be 75, not 76 as the author writes:
> starting in 1776, not in the 76th year of the 18th century.
- mason55 2y agoNo, because there was no year zero. The first century started in the year 1 AD.
- labster 2y agoThere was an astronomical year zero, it’s mainly historians who don’t want the year zero to happen.
- croemer 2y agoAnd there is a year zero in the ISO 8601:2004 system, the interchange standard for all calendar numbering systems (where year zero coincides with the Gregorian year 1 BC; see conversion table). [via Wikipedia]
- exegete 2y agoUnfortunately that’s not the convention. AD centuries start with 1 (eg 1901 to 2000 is the 20th century). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century
- globular-toast 2y agoI had no idea that the "21st century" started in 2001. Totally thought it started in 2000. Is that why so many things refer to 2001? Mind blown...