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Today Is Not............
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.............the last day of the decade. The last day of the decade is Dec 31st 2020. Why? Because at the end of today, there will only have been 19 years in this century. For it to be the end of the second decade, it would have to be Dec 31st 2020. 1 to 10 = 10 years. 11 to 20 = 10 years. Simples! ;o)
Happy New Decade! Er, 'ang on :o(
Happy New Decade! Er, 'ang on :o(
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There is no set definition of when a decade should start or end.
Most people would say that tomorrow sees the start of the 20s which will be for some a long overdue chance to pigeonhole a particular arbitrary set of ten years.
And so it will on now until the end of the century - whenever that may be :-)
And for most people 2020 is not unreasonably part of the “twenties”
So you’re probably best going with that and relaxing!
There is no set definition of when a decade should start or end.
Most people would say that tomorrow sees the start of the 20s which will be for some a long overdue chance to pigeonhole a particular arbitrary set of ten years.
And so it will on now until the end of the century - whenever that may be :-)
And for most people 2020 is not unreasonably part of the “twenties”
So you’re probably best going with that and relaxing!
While your reasonin might have a certain sense of logic to it, 10CS, the definitions of time intervals (whether they be seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades, millennia or whatever are all man-made. When people refer to the '1920s', 1960s' or whatever, most other people would assume that they're including '1920', '1960' or whatever within those decades.
For example, people listening to 'Sounds of the Seventies' on Radio 2 expect Johnnie Walker to include music which was released between 1 January 1970 and 31 December 1979. There would probably be complaints if he refused to play Elvis Presley's 'The Wonder of You' (released in 1970) because he'd followed your logic and assigned it to the previous decade.
For example, people listening to 'Sounds of the Seventies' on Radio 2 expect Johnnie Walker to include music which was released between 1 January 1970 and 31 December 1979. There would probably be complaints if he refused to play Elvis Presley's 'The Wonder of You' (released in 1970) because he'd followed your logic and assigned it to the previous decade.
This effect of season on reproduction results in foals being born in the spring and early summer – when environmental conditions should be best for foal survival. Therefore, the natural breeding season of the horse is from May until August – and this is when highest pregnancy rates are likely to occur.
I believe that racehorse breeders try to get the foals born as near to jan 1 as possible. Two horses born in the same year will be the same official age and required to enter the same age limited races but a foal born on Jan 1 will have almost a whole 12 months of growth and development over a foal born on Dec 31st