The issue, of course, is that “counted centuries” are off by one from how we normally interact with dates—the 13th century starts in AD 1201. The author misses

The issue, of course, is that “counted centuries” are off by one from how we normally interact with dates—the 13th century starts in AD 1201. The author misses. The author would like to skip some significant interpretive steps, chiefly when our dynamically typed language uses number words or characters in different contexts. Suggested reading is about the differences between and use cases of nominal, ordinal, cardinal, interval and ratio. https://www.statisticshowto.com/probability-and-statistics/statistics-definitions/nominal-ordinal-interval-ratio/ https://www.statisticshowto.com/probability-and-statistics/s...