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Why do people say 2020 is the end of a decade?
There has been much debate about when the old decade ends and the new one begins. Some say the old decade ended on December 31, 2019, and the start of the new one began January 1, 2020. For others, the new decade doesn’t start until January 1, 2021; the old one concluding on December 31, 2020.
What do you call the decade from 2011 to 2020?
The 2010s (pronounced “twenty-tens”; shortened to “the ’10s”, also known as the tens or the teens) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 2010, and ended on 31 December 2019.
Is 2020 a special year?
The number 2020 is like 1616, 1717, 1818, and 1919 because the first two digits match the second two digits. This happens only once in a century, which is a hundred years. The next year that follows this pattern is 2121. A person alive in 2020 would have to be at least 101 to see that year.
Does a decade start with 0 or 1?
1-to-0 decade
| Year | 1 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|
| 0-to-9 decade | 0s | … |
| 1-to-0 decade | 1st decade of the 1st century | 3rd decade of the 21st century |
What is the 2000s called?
The aughts is a way of referring to the decade 2000 to 2009 in American English. Orthographically, the decade can be written as the “2000s” or the “’00s”, leading people to refer to it as the “two-thousands”, “ohs”, “oh ohs”, or “double ohs”. Others referred to it as the “zeros”.
What might be a good nickname for the 2010’s?
It could be “the teens,” “the twenty tens,” “the teensies,” or something else entirely.
What will the year 2020 be called?
2020s
The 2020s (commonly pronounced “twenty-twenties”; and, like the 1920s, also shortened to the ’20s) is the current decade of the Gregorian calendar, which began on 1 January 2020 and will end on 31 December 2029.
When did we start dating years?
History. The Anno Domini dating system was devised in 525 by Dionysius Exiguus to enumerate the years in his Easter table. His system was to replace the Diocletian era that had been used in an old Easter table, as he did not wish to continue the memory of a tyrant who persecuted Christians.