People Can’t Even Agree On When The Decade Ends
Does The New Decade Begin Now Or Next Year? Seems like Americans can’t agree on anything these days – not even when the new decade officially begins. A majority of…
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 01: Fireworks illuminate the skyline over the Las Vegas Strip during an 8-minute-long pyrotechnics show put on by Fireworks by Grucci titled “America’s Party” during a New Year’s Eve celebration on January 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. An estimated 318,000 visitors gathered to watch more than 80,000 fireworks shoot from the rooftops of hotel-casinos to welcome the new year. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Does The New Decade Begin Now Or Next Year? Seems like Americans can't agree on anything these days - not even when the new decade officially begins.
A majority of people believe the new decade will begin, naturally, on Jan. 1st, 2020. But the Farmer's Almanac says that's incorrect - since the A.D. era began with Year One and not Year Zero, the new decade doesn't officially start until Jan. 1st of 2021.
When will you consider the 2020's to be underway?
Should we just go with 2020, even though the math doesn't technically add up?
