Happy new year and welcome to 2020. But is it the start of a new decade? Opinions are divided on this matter, as many believe a decade counts from 1 to 10, since the Gregorian calendar has no year zero.

Proponents of a new decade believe we count decades from zero to nine. For instance, Andrew Novick, a scientist at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology tweets that "You wouldn't say that someone born in 1970 was from the sixties, would you?" So 60s as a decade mean a between 1960 and 1969.

Others in the middle believe that the argument is not necessary since a decade is simply "a period of 10 years". Which side of the divide are you? Is it #NewDecadeNewMe or just #HappyNewYear2020?

'00 sounds good to me for a decade

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Interesting. So we entered a new decade

Technically the unlimited continued progress of existence is constant, no difference between this second and the next cause it's man made! Time is constant !

we start counting from 1 to 10. and from 1 to 10 has ten numbers


so it should be 2021 to 2030

No, as we usually counts for 1 - 10.

Yeah, you can argue that the anno domini era begins with year 1 on the Gregorian calendar.

But, does anyone REALLY consider 1990 as part of the 80s decade?

We are calling 2020 the start of a new decade.
Which begins January 1st 2020 and ends on December 31st 2029.

From all of us @[b][/b] : Happy New Year 2020.

Issa new decade already!

Yes ...2010-2020 is decade in British language

Maybe

what is a decade ?

Decade :a period of ten years.

so technically every year is the beginning of a new decade. From 2009 - 2019 is also a decade

In 2000 we shouted Happy New Millennium. Why wasn't it end of a millennium. Think about it.

All Join
Indifferent about it..
It’s just a New day!

Hmmm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B9qYlV_GPg&t=428s

It should be End of a decade instead

The age of Ai cometh

internationalman:
we start counting from 1 to 10. and from 1 to 10 has ten numbers


so it should be 2021 to 2030

Interesting, so the day starts at 1am

People ehn .



This is very simple na:
Just count your fingers, starting from 2010 to 2019. Tell us how many fingers you count na.. people’s wahala too much. Ninu odun tuntun tori Olohun

2020 is the end of a decade not the beginning of a new decade.

WTF?how can 2020 be a new decade, a decade is ten years which fucking mean that from 2005 to 2015 is also a new decade

Nothing change joor
2020 is an end of a decade not a new decade

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new decade begins 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B9qYlV_GPg

Yea it is

If you count 1 to 10, you have counted 11 numbers or points and so can't be a decade.

luluosas:
No, as we usually counts for 1 - 10.

u are very intelligent but we start counting from 0's
1990 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to 2019
2020 to 2029

Vision 2020 is not the year 2020 but from 2020 to 2029 make up to 2020's
Just like the 1990's is from 1990 to 1999

See question oo. Is a decade no longer 10years?