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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes, but first century is 001-099, not 100-199. 100 is 2nd century. Zero index!

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

If I understand correctly, years 100 BCE to 1 BCE were the "first century BCE", and years 1 CE to 100 CE were the "first century". If there was no "zeroth" century, how can the centuries be zero indexed?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I mean it's not like it's official or anything, I was just making an observation. But the reason is because the years in the first century don't have a 1 in front of them. A century ends at 99. The 21st century started in 2000. The 20th century started in 1900. The 1st century started in 001. Maybe the first century is an exception and didn't end until 100, idk. But they would still leave 99 years without a hundreds character.

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