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And that's also why we are in the 21st century, not the 20th.
by astrobe_ 3mo ago
And that's also why we are in the 21st century, not the 20th.
- stymaar 3mo agoArr[0] is the first element of an array, not the “zeroth”.
- keyle 3mo agoBut Arr could be empty or uninitialised...
- Perenti 3mo agoIn a zero based array type language. In pascal I believe arrays can start where you want them to as in "array[-10..10] of integer". It's been a while though. There is no year zero. Trying to compute with one is almost certainly an error. Trying to work with it is like dividing by zero - it does not make sense. The year "1" was originally a Julian Date. Using a Gregorian Date before the calendar was introduced is almost certainly an error. For ancient things, use Before Present, where I believe Present is defined to be sometime in 1950 or there about. For "modern" things (varying definitions of modern) use a sensible format/calendar that works in your database.
- astrobe_ 3mo ago> Using a Gregorian Date before the calendar was introduced is almost certainly an error. It's just an extrapolation; using the calendar being used at the considered time would be meaningless for us, e.g. the short-lived french republican calendar [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar
- quietbritishjim 3mo agoIf there was a year 0, we would still be in the 21st century. It would just have started 1 year earlier, in 2000 instead of 2001: 0 – 99: 1st century 100 – 199: 2nd century ... 1900 – 1999: 20th century 2000 – 2999: 21st century Although I think centuries are usually treated as starting in years ending in 0 anyway, in casual settings. Most people were certainly happy to celebrate "the new millennium" at the start of the year 2000.
- dcuthbertson 3mo ago> 2000 - 2999: 21st century You have the right idea, but you made the 21st century a millennium
- quietbritishjim 3mo agoArgh! I knew I'd make a stupid mistake like that. (Now too late to edit.)