The years 1956..2055 are indeed a century. They are not, however, a Gregorian century. Nor, a Julian century.
I trust you can see the distinctions. -- Raul On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 3:36 PM, 'Bo Jacoby' via Chat <[email protected]> wrote: > "tjugohundratalen" means the years 2000 . . 2099. This period is not a > century, even if it consists of 100 consecutive years. The years 1956 . . > 2055 is not a century either. The years 1 . . 100 is the 1. century. The > years 2001 . . 2100 is the 21. century. > > Den 21:25 onsdag den 30. maj 2018 skrev 'Bo Jacoby' via Chat > <[email protected]>: > > > "2018 is the ninth year of the second decade etc"? No!The first decade > consist of the years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. The 202. decade consist of the > years 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020. > So 2018 is the 8. year of the 202. decade, which is the 2. decade of the 21 > century, which is the 1. century of the 3. millenium. > > Den 19:30 onsdag den 30. maj 2018 skrev Don Guinn <[email protected]>: > > > Sure seems Einstein was correct. According to his special theory of > relativity, time varies depending on one's speed and location. There seems > to be no agreement on time in this thread. > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 10:25 AM, Björn Helgason <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In Sweden they say 2018 as tjugohundraarton or tjugoarton >> We are now in tjugohundratalen. >> You can say it as twentyhundredeighteen or twentyeighteen. >> We are now in the twentyhundreds or the twentyhundrednumbers. >> >> On Wed, 30 May 2018 16:03 R.E. Boss, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > From: Chat <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 'Bo >> Jacoby' >> > > via Chat >> > > Sent: dinsdag 29 mei 2018 08:14 >> > >> > > Do we agree that this year, AD 2018, is the eighth year of the of the >> > > second decade of the first century of the third millenium? Or do you >> > > consider it to be the seventh year of the first decade of the zeroth >> > > century of the second millenium? The time passed until year 2018 are 2 >> > > millenia, 0 centuries, 1 decade and 7 years, but those are not ordinal >> > numbers. >> > >> > >> > No, I don't. >> > 2018 is the ninth year of the second decade etc., since the second decade >> > started at the beginning of 2010, as the first decade, the first century >> > and the third millennium started at 2000 1 1 0 0 0.000. >> > Which notation is remarkable, since we indicate the first month and the >> > first day by 1, all other time intervals we start with 0. >> > But Miller explained that in >> > http://jsoftware.com/pipermail/chat/2018-May/007794.html >> > >> > R.E. Boss >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
