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Give the guy a break. He's old. Memory is the first thing to go :)

Memory is the first thing to go

My wife claims that it's the second thing to go.

... but she forgets what the first thing is?

Is sex drive first?

The years are only specified to 3 significant digits.

Actually less, I guess. Because the range is so narrow. The offset of around 2000 years doesn't really add any information.

That's why I edited my comment to say something about decades.

Then how come I see teams that boast 20 years of C# experience? Huh?!?!

The first year of the 2000's decade was 2001

I think you're confusing the whole "there was no year 0, so the millenium starts in 2001" business with decades. Decades start on the 0.

If you were to say "the 200th decade CE", that'd be a different story :)