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0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1
rinse & repeat till infinity

I just realised in my earlier post i said 2009 instead of 2010. See...you;re confusing me!

@ Lj, that's how I see it.

There was no year zero.:p

The year '0' was actually the year 1BC. We jump from 1BC to 1AD. So, it's just a matter of nomenclature. The year existed.

From 1BC to 1AD is two years, which one of them was zero?

I though we were supposed to say BCE now... which is kind of vague and could include 0, neh?

I'm not good at doing what I'm supposed to do, how about you? ;)

Nope. From the start of 1AD to the end of 1AD is two years.

Zero wasn't a year it was the birth of Christ. A point in time.

[eta] what is BCE again?

Before common era I think.

That sounds like something out of an Asimov novel.

C'mon, from the start of 1BC to the end of 1AD is two years, not 1AD to1AD.

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Zero wasn't a year it was the birth of Christ. A point in time.

Yes! Exactly! So it starts with one and the tenth year to make a decade, is 10.

From Wiki

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Common Era, abbreviated as CE, is one name used for the most widespread calendrical year numbering system.[1][2] There are many names in many languages for the same year numbering scheme. The numbering of years using Common Era notation is identical to the numbering used with Anno Domini (BC/AD) notation, 2010 being the current year in both notations and neither using a year zero.[3] Common Era is also known as Christian Era[4] and Current Era,[5] with all three expressions abbreviated as CE.[6] (Christian Era is, however, also abbreviated AD, for Anno Domini.[7]) Dates before the year 1 CE are indicated by the usage of BCE, short for "Before the Common Era", "Before the Christian Era", or "Before the Current Era".[8] Both the BCE/CE and BC/AD notations are based on a sixth-century estimate for the year in which Jesus was conceived or born, with the common era designation originating among Christians in Europe at least as early as 1615 (at first in Latin).[9]

Yeah, it's the same thing except it now has a politically correct name.

I'm just too dumb to post in this thread. So there you have it.