Poll: Are we in a new decade now?

[Macgyvercas]

I think a decade is all the years with the same number in the tens place. Example from the 1900s. 1920-1929. Count them: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 = 10 years.

So yes

 

[Souplex]

We are now in the preteens/teens, we have exactly ten years to learn how to do the Charleston, because if we can't Charleston during the 20s, we will look really silly.
The answer to your question basically boils down to did the 90s begin in 1990 or 1991?

 

[Xanadu84]

2010 is a new decade, unless you consider, for example, 2030 and 1930 to be in the twenties. That just sounds like nonsense. So were in the new decade. The teens.

I'm not in the new decade yet, it is still 9pm here.
Tell me, when do we get flying cars....

OT: I think 2010 is a new decade...
We counted 2000 as a new decade / Mill...

Actually, 2001 is considered to be the new millenia, 2000 was the new decade. While Millenia are counted all the way back to year 1 AD, and the lack of year 0 means that the new millennium starts in 2001, labeling decades like we do started this century. And since we label them things like "Twenties", decades start with a 0 in the 1's place. It's just one of those funky, slightly unintuitive things, but it doesn't come up very often. I think that this millenia/decade inconsistency is what leads to most of this decade confusion Ive seen.

 

[Jennacide]

A decade is ten years.

The year counter (not including BC) starts at zero. Zero to nine is ten years; 2000 to 2009 is ten years, 2010 is a new decade.

This is incorrect. There is no zero year. All decades/century/millenia start at 1. Just like 2001 was the real start of a new millenia, 2011 starts the new decade.

/sciencedork