Does the new decade start in 2020 or 2021?

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The 'next' decade does indeed start in 2021 (ie. the 203rd decade AD). This is because there is no year 0. The 1st decade was 1-10AD and the coming decade is 2021-2030.
Of course, this is being picky. I've never heard anyone call refer to the 202nd decade like they do to the 20th century. The years 2020-2029 do span a decade just like 1988-2087 span a century.

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Every so often a group of horologists like saying there is no 12:00-12:59AM, just 0:00-0:59AM on the 12 hour clock.

Whether they are right or not, that ship has long sailed. Not a single one of our measurements is accurate enough to be beyond debate.
 

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Every so often a group of horologists like saying there is no 12:00-12:59AM, just 0:00-0:59AM on the 12 hour clock.

Whether they are right or not, that ship has long sailed. Not a single one of our measurements is accurate enough to be beyond debate.

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Every so often a group of horologists like saying there is no 12:00-12:59AM, just 0:00-0:59AM on the 12 hour clock.

Whether they are right or not, that ship has long sailed. Not a single one of our measurements is accurate enough to be beyond debate.
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If they take away Daylight Savings Time, do we get all of those hours back?

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