On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 4:07 AM Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Monday, 30 December, 2019 19:29, Michael Falconer 
> <michael.j.falco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > As we approach the end of yet another year ( and indeed decade ).
>
> Technically, every year is the end of a decade, if one means the immediately 
> preceding ten years.
>
> However, if you mean the end of the second decade of the 21st century, you 
> will have to wait another year for that.  January 1st, 0001 AD was the first 
> day of the year 1.  The first decade ended at the end of December 31st 0011 
> AD, not December 31st, 0010 AD. (if following the proleptic Gregorian 
> calendar).

Languages don't work like this.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/decade

Cheers
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