Abbreviating years in the next decade.

SpaceGuy50 · Apr 5, 2009

We current abbreviate this year as 09, however abbreviating 2010 as "10" just doesn't sound right. Does "010" work?

OAQfirst · Apr 5, 2009

I expect to see '10. The apostrophe has been a common replacement for the preceding decimals.

Pengwuino · Apr 5, 2009

SpaceGuy50 said:

We current abbreviate this year as 09, however abbreviating 2010 as "10" just doesn't sound right. Does "010" work?

It doesn't sound right to me until even the 2020's... '15... '19'... '13... they don't sound right.

rootX · Apr 5, 2009

1/1/10 .. 10/10/10 .. 2/5/10
doesn't look weird to me.

I don't remember anything about ..
1/1/00

Redbelly98 · Apr 5, 2009

rootX said:

1/1/00

10 years ago that looked weird to me. Not anymore, because I have gotten used to it.

We'll get used to '10, '11, etc. as well.

mgb_phys · Apr 5, 2009

Pengwuino said:

'15... '19'... '13... they don't sound right.

Good job the world is going to end in 2012 then !

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