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Originally Posted by BENT_8
From a mathematic standpoint then those who consider this the last year of the 2nd decade of this century, then yes, its correct, but we don't count decades by mathematical reasoning, it is simply the decade of whatever the first number is and so the noughties started on 1/1/2000, the 10's on 1/1/2010 and the 20's on 1/1/2020.
Whilst it would make mathematical sense to consider 2030 a year of the 20's, it would sound ridiculous.
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2030 is not a year of the 20s even mathematically. The 20s goes from 2020 to 2029 but that is not a normal decade, it is part of one decade plus part of another.
2030 is the last year of the 3rd decade of the 21st century. The 3rd decade of this century goes from 2021 to 2030.
Dr Terry.