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Please explain my confused me like I'm 5 (0r 4 or 6).

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It should all be zero indexed. Positional number systems like we write with are (600=0600) but our language isn't, which causes this problem. Basically, if 2004 is the 20th century the gospels took place in the 0th.

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