Today 9 PM will be 21st hour of the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century.
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
#22Almost. it’s the 21st day of the 22nd year... 2000 was year 1.
Is it? The first century spanned year 1 to 100 (there was no year zero). So the XX00 year is considered to be part of the preceding century. Thus 2021 is indeed the 21st year of the 21st century.
If 2000 is part of the previous century, was 2001 actually the true start of the new millennium?
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
Yea it's mostly a joke and shows how a lot of this is contextual. I personally consider 1999-2000 the transition into the 21st century. Arguments otherwise are little more than awkward pedantry. Year 2021 could be seen as either the 21 or 22 year of the 21st century but i'm willing to side with the validity of OP's title.
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#24I hope you wrote it at 21:21:21 ;)
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it? The first century spanned year 1 to 100 (there was no year zero). So the XX00 year is considered to be part of the preceding century. Thus 2021 is indeed the 21st year of the 21st century.
If 2000 is part of the previous century, was 2001 actually the true start of the new millennium?
That's the standard practice, I believe. Presumably that's why Arthur C Clarke chose the year 2001 for the name of his book rather than 2000.
Re: Tell HN: Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century
#26I hope you wrote it at 21:21:21 ;)
But 00:00 to 01:00 is the first hour.. so 21:00 to 22:00 is the 22nd hour, etc.