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Originally Posted by Zeke
The question starts at the first year, 1 AD. The year before that was 1 BC. No year 0. So technically, 10 AD is the last year of the first decade. The public, however, sees it differently by consensus.
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100% correct, but the calendar does not really go from BC to AD with a year zero. Now we don't even use BC/AD it is BCE and CE. CE stands for “common (or current) era”, while BCE stands for “before the common (or current) era”. Since the entire world uses the calendar, "they" tried to get away from the birth of Christ what was now considered well after the year 1 anyway.
Christ was estimated to have been born between 4 and 6 AD or CE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Jesus
Saudi Arabia did not start using the Gregorian calendar until 2016!
Thursday, 4 October 1582, was followed by Friday, 15 October 1582. Imagine trying to figure out your house payments, or car payments!