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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by cousin_it on Friday December 16, 2016 @06:02AM (#13192415)
The change is a bit mind-blowing, but in the end I really think it could work. Consider this:

"The first year of the third millennium begins at 2001/01/01 00:00:00"

Wouldn't this make much more sense:

"The zeroth year of the second millennium begins at 2000/00/00 00:00:00"

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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by rogual on Friday December 16, 2016 @07:02AM (#13192673)
Not to mention it would eliminate the always-confusing "17th century == 1600s" thing.
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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by cousin_it on Friday December 16, 2016 @07:41AM (#13192837)
Yeah. I expanded this to its own post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13192826
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