Does the new decade begin in 2021 or 2021?

ORLANDO, Fla. – While people are talking about starting a new year, there has been a lot of focus on it being the beginning of a new decade.

But there are those who say that the new decade does not begin until January 1, 2021.

A decade lasts ten years, but according to USA Today, “a bug in our calendar system creates a problem if you think the decades should start in years that end with a zero. If you continue the pattern towards 2021, you will encounter a major problem. “

The problem is that there is no “year zero” in our calendar system, said Craig Callender, a philosophy professor at UC San Diego in USA Today.

This theory, debated by the Farmers Almanac, timeanddate.com, the New York Times, and others, explains why decades, centuries, or millennia can only begin years ending in one.

Callender believes there is no right answer. He said there is a case to start the decade in 2021 because that is how we think and talk about the weather.

Children’s ages start at zero and not at one. When decades are discussed, like the sixties, they start with years ending in zero and not one.

Following the start of a new decade in 2021 will make things easier today, Callender said.

And with that debate explained, let us know in the comments when you think the decade is starting.