Re: date command is great but could use improvements

[Kaz Kylheku]

On 2022-07-03 04:09, David Chmelik wrote:
>> (And, no, 1900 was not the zeroth year of the 20th century.  It was the 
>> 100th year of the 19th century!)
> Most people say first of 20th century; I don't think anyone says 'one to 10 
> are ones; 11 is first of the tens,' rather than zero or one to nine are ones, 
> and 10 to 19 are tens, etc...

11 is the first element of the second decade of the natural numbers.

If you're flexible enough to think that 10 is in fact that element,
you should be flexible enough to accept "alternate" as an alternate
"alternative".