If this is the "21'st Century"...

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This is something I wanted to clear up for a long time. As I said, if this is the "21'st Century", then shouldn't this year, 2007, be actually this year "2107"? We're already in the future! I mean, there should be a "Century Zero" at the time Christ was born on 0000 BC/AD. Since this year is 2007, we should be in the 20th Century. Take for example, this: The year America was founded in 1776, in the 18th Century. There are two ways this mistake could've been settled: Since it was the 18th Century, America should've been founded on July 4, 1876, whereas it would've been founded in the 17th Century. Another example is birthdays. IF there was a "Zero Century", then I would've been born on August 8, 2085, instead of 1985. If that was the case, I would've been born in the 19'th Century! I know this is complicated, and yet, this is simple. How come they didn't do a "Zero Century" long long ago to prevent this mistake?