Who decided that decades start at xxx0 even though centuries start at xx01? What were they smoking? Are there only 9 years in the first decade of the gregorian calendar?
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Hmm! I didnt knew that first year of birth of jesus is 1AD and “start to jan1” is actually 1 BC in Anno Domini system. Thanks for the enlightenment. But in astronomical year numbering current year being start of decade makes sense.
Plot twist: Even if there would have been a historical Jesus (which is extremely unlikely but that doesn't fit in a tweet :), he couldn't have been born at the start of the gregorian calendar.
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Why is that?
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I can't believe I'm discussing scripture now but both Mathew and Luke have Jesus born under king Herod I (aka Herod the Great), and Herod I died 4 BCE.
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