Abbreviating years in the next decade.

  • Thread starter Thread starter SpaceGuy50
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Years
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Start your own thread to ask a follow-up.
Sign up Log in
5 replies · 9K views
SpaceGuy50
Messages
25
Reaction score
0
We current abbreviate this year as 09, however abbreviating 2010 as "10" just doesn't sound right. Does "010" work?
 
Physics news on Phys.org

Discussion

I expect to see '10. The apostrophe has been a common replacement for the preceding decimals.
 
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.
 
1/1/10 .. 10/10/10 .. 2/5/10
doesn't look weird to me.

I don't remember anything about ..
1/1/00
 
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.
 
Pengwuino said:
'15... '19'... '13... they don't sound right.
Good job the world is going to end in 2012 then !
 

Similar threads

Is ASP.NET a Sustainable Career Choice in the Next Decade?

  • SlurrerOfSpeech
  • · Replies 9 ·
  • STEM Career Guidance
Replies
9

Which is more feasible in the next decade: halting DNA aging or uploading consciousness?

  • fredreload
  • · Replies 7 ·
  • Biology and Medical
Replies
7

Undergrad Limits of exoplanet detection over the next decade

  • nismaratwork
  • · Replies 10 ·
  • Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology
Replies
10

Voyager 1: order-of-magnitude cross-track drift and speed loss over the next 100–1000 years

  • mumbletypeg
  • · Replies 2 ·
  • Aerospace Engineering
Replies
2

Which nations plan to build the most nuclear plants next decade?

  • ensabah6
  • · Replies 12 ·
  • Nuclear Engineering
Replies
12

What is the job outlook for physicists in the next decade?

  • hemotep
  • · Replies 93 ·
  • STEM Academic Advising
4
Replies
93

What technologies of the next 10 years are most exciting?

  • axmls
  • · Replies 27 ·
  • Computing and Technology
Replies
27

Which biological fields will develop most in the next 10-20 years?

  • RafaelPetros
  • · Replies 6 ·
  • Biology and Medical
Replies
6

What are the job prospects for Astronomers in the next 10-15 years?

  • Starcrossed97
  • · Replies 2 ·
  • STEM Career Guidance
Replies
2

Graduate Heliophysics: the last ten years and the next ten years agenda

  • Dotini
  • · Replies 3 ·
  • Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology
Replies
3