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Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
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Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#2Almost. it’s the 21st day of the 22nd year... 2000 was year 1.
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#3Almost. it’s the 21st day of the 22nd year... 2000 was year 1.
Trolling, are you?
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#4Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#5Almost. it’s the 21st day of the 22nd year... 2000 was year 1.
I regret to inform you that in the Gregorian tradition you are incorrect. If you are referring to some other tradition, please provide further explanation.
Please review: https://www.timeanddate.com/counters/mil2000.html
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Trolling, are you?
Apparently, pointing out facts is now trolling..
No, there was a pretty big discussion about 0 and 1 index ranges on HN yesterday.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25833557
The year the new century started on was part of the discussion. People are still debating as to whether the century started in 2000 or 2001.
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Trolling, are you?
Apparently, pointing out facts is now trolling..
Sorry, I should have been more clear. In 2000 there was a big debate over whether that was the first year of the new century. I sincerely thought that it had been settled long ago. Year 0 never existed (Christ is conventionally born on year 1 [1]), and the first hundred years (first century) go from 1 to 100. The second hundred years (second century) begin in 101, and so on.
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#8Almost. it’s the 21st day of the 22nd year... 2000 was year 1.
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Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#9Almost. it’s the 21st day of the 22nd year... 2000 was year 1.
I thought HN likes zero based indices? 2000 would be the zeroth year.
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#10Almost. it’s the 21st day of the 22nd year... 2000 was year 1.
I thought HN likes zero based indices? 2000 would be the zeroth year.
One definition of "first" is "preceding all others" [0], so something with an index of 0 would still be the first item.
Apparently the definition of "zeroth" is "being numbered 0 in a series" [1], so something with an index of 0 could be both the "first" and the "zeroth" item...
However, another definition of "first" is "one that is number one in a series", so the headline of this post is both accurate and inaccurate, depending on which definition you want to use, I suppose.