Posted on 01/02/2010 3:56:23 AM PST by rawhide
Identical twin boys in Florida will get to celebrate their birthdays individually after they were born in separate decades.
Margarita Velasco delivered the twins by cesarean section at Tampa General Hospital.
Marcello was delivered just before midnight. His twin, Stephano, was delivered just as the new year began.
Their father Juan says it'll be good for each boy to have his own birthday party.
The twins are in intensive care because they were born about 10 weeks early.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Sure we would. Except we'd be arguing about when the octade or whatever you call a period of twelve years ends.
Thanks for the best resolution of this argument I’ve seen.
The 2000s ended a couple days ago.
The 201st decade ends in about 364 days.
At least you’re aware of the difference, which is commendable.
I’m on your side! The 0 decade started with 00 and goes through then end of 09. Decades means 10 years, and 00 through 09 is 10 years. To me it has to do with the way the years are numbered. In our counting system when you bump nine by one you replace it with a zero. Seems open and shut to me, but I can see how some would see it the other way too!
It’s like the old trick you play on a kid to prove that he you have 11 fingers. Hold up your left hand, fingers extended. Start with the thumb on that hand and number the fingers 10, 9, 8, 7, 6. Then hold up the 5 fingers of the other other hand “Plus 5 equals 11!” One of the neatest tricks in the book for kids and adults.
It has to do with the difference in counting and numbering. They are not the same!
yes, it’s like arguing six or a half dozen.
Enough of the sticklers who want to lecture about when a decade starts.
The odometer flipped to 201_ and will stay that way for ten years...which is basically a DECADE.
;-)
we could all use a bit more study :)
There is considerable disagreement on your point.
From Wiki: "Some writers like to point out that since the common calendar starts from the year 1, its first full decade contained the years from 1 to 10, the second decade from 11 to 20, and so on. The interval from the year 2001 to 2010 could thus be called the 201st decade, using ordinal numbers. However, contrary to practices in referencing centuries, ordinal references to decades are quite uncommon."
From the Cambridge online dictionary: "a period of ten years, especially a period such as 1860 to 1869, or 1990 to 1999"
A decade can be broken down in two ways...and in common usage...its 0-9. That's 10 years. You're straining on a gnat...
What millenium is it in?
12/31/2000 was the last day of the 20th century and the 2nd millennium
Seems as I remember everyone celebrating the new Millenium on January 1, 2000.
1/1/01----->12-31-01 = 365 days
1/1/02----->12/31/02 = 365 days
1/1/03----->12/31/03 = 365 days
1/1/04----->12/31/04 = 365 days
1/1/05----->12/31/05 = 365 days
1/1/06----->12/31/06 = 365 days
1/1/07----->12/31/07 = 365 days
1/1/08----->12/31/08 = 365 days
1/1/09----->12/31/09 = 365 days
Left out the leap years.
The grand total is 3650 days, or ten years, from 1/1/00 to 12/31/09
That was the last decade.
The next one, starting 1/1/10 and ending 12/31/19 will be the next decade, of 3650 days, plus the leap year days.
Really?
CBS is so pathetic it actually believes the decade ended 12/31/09? Sheesh. They’re only a year off... but who’s counting?
The first date of the current mil , also the first day of the last decade, was 1-1-00
From 1-1-00 through 12-31-09 is ten years.
But, then, you already know that, you simply choose to define "decade" as starting 0n 1-1-01.
One could just as easily start a decade on 3-11-04, and count ten years, but it does conform with what is accepted, by most people anyway, as the standard definition of the term when used in denoting 10 year periods with the second unit being the same in a four figure year date.
Rock on, and Happy New Year, regardless.
Now, I think I will go for a ride, the sun just came out. :-)
A lot of people used to celebrate April 1st as the new year.
The 20th century and the 2nd millennium most definitely ended on 12/31/2000. there was no year “0” so each century had to have 100 years (By definition); to do it must begin with year 1 and finish with the end of year 100. This is true whether year “1” is the year 1801, 1901 or 2001. The century began with the year 2001 as did the first decade. The decade will end when its tenth year ends; that’ll be on 12/31/2010.
You seem to be the only one here that really understands dates.
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