When does a decade officially start?

[James81]

It has come to my attention that there are some people still believing that old gremlin that 2011 is the start of a new decade.

So why not let's discuss that ****?

When do you think a decade starts? Was 2009 the end of the last decade? or is 2010 the end? And why?

[lifetimelearner]

I think 2011 is the new decade -
and the reason ?
I don't have one

[AlmostGodess]

One decade equals ten years. Ten years can be anytime. I am ready to start a decade just now

[James81]

*throws tomatoes at AlmostGoddess*

Boooo! Hisssss!

[lifetimelearner]

Originally Posted by James81

*throws tomatoes at AlmostGoddess*

Boooo! Hisssss!

yum tomatoes -can I have some too ?

[AlmostGodess]

Originally Posted by James81

*throws tomatoes at AlmostGoddess*

Boooo! Hisssss!

Why??? I thought you'd like my answer

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by AlmostGodess

One decade equals ten years. Ten years can be anytime. I am ready to start a decade just now

Agree.

I think I'll start my new decade on January the 10th, after my holidays...

[James81]

Originally Posted by AlmostGodess

Why??? I thought you'd like my answer

In any other thread, I'd like your answer, but in this one I must prove that 1999 was the last year of the millenium.

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by James81

In any other thread, I'd like your answer, but in this one I must prove that 1999 was the last year of the millenium.

I believe 1999 was the last year of the millenium.

I also believe that 2011 will be the first year of the new decade.

[James81]

Originally Posted by ssandra

I believe 1999 was the last year of the millenium.

I also believe that 2011 will be the first year of the new decade.

You just blew my mind.

[AlmostGodess]

Is 2010 the beginning of a new decade or the end of the last one? - Yahoo! Answers

[AlmostGodess]

Are we beginning a new decade or does a new decade begin in 2011? - Yahoo! Answers

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by James81

You just blew my mind.

Mission accomplished.

[James81]

Originally Posted by AlmostGodess

Is 2010 the beginning of a new decade or the end of the last one? - Yahoo! Answers

Originally Posted by AlmostGodess

Are we beginning a new decade or does a new decade begin in 2011? - Yahoo! Answers

In all seriousness, my reasoning for this is based on the idea that those who believe we are starting a new decade do so under the assumption that there is no year "0."

And, while that is right, in order to get to year one you must complete the increments that get you to year 1...namely, months.

It's kind of like 0.1 does not equal zero, but it doesn't equal 1 either.

Thus, year 1 means you've completed a full year of monthly increments.

So, at the end of year "9" in a decade, you've completed an 10 increments of 12 months...i.e. a decade.

Plus it makes more sense once you get out of the beginning years of decade anyway. For example, 1970 is not part of the "60's."

[Angela]

Originally Posted by AlmostGodess

One decade equals ten years. Ten years can be anytime. I am ready to start a decade just now

Love this!

[NDN Scholar]

2012 is the end, lol bahahaa...

[seeds]

Originally Posted by James81

It has come to my attention that there are some people still believing that old gremlin that 2011 is the start of a new decade.

When do you think a decade starts? Was 2009 the end of the last decade? or is 2010 the end? And why?

Hi James81,

January 1, 2010, was the first day of a new decade.

(I had to take my shoes and socks off in order to do some Jethro Bodine ciphering )

There are 3650 days in a decade.

Imagine a tall and skinny glass cylinder marked with 20 notches moving up the cylinder in 1-inch increments, with the first notch starting 1 inch up from the bottom.

Now imagine pouring grains of sand into the cylinder with each grain of sand representing 1 day.

It takes 365 grains of sand to reach each ascending notch, representing a year (obviously ).

So then, from the bottom of the empty cylinder (0 days), adding 365 grains of sand up to the first notch would be the completion of year number 1.

The first day of year number 2 would be the first grain of sand (grain # 366) leading up to the second notch.

Extending this upward, the first grain of sand just past the ninth notch (year 9 just completed = 3285 days) would be the first day of the tenth year.

Thus, the 365 grains of sand above the ninth notch would be the completion of the tenth year, or one full decade (3650 days).

Therefore, the very next grain of sand past the tenth notch would represent the first day of the beginning of year 1 of a new decade, or 1/1/10.

(Did that make sense? It's basically the same as your monthly example.)


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