Recognised as Decade
1960s
- 1960-1969
- 3,653 days
- 3 leap years
- 20th century
The 1960s was the decade from 1 January 1960 to 31 December 1969, 3,653 days in total. It contained 3 leap years (1960, 1964, 1968). Counted strictly from year 1 the decade would run 1961 to 1970; this page uses the common reading.
Span of the decade
First day1 January 1960
Last day31 December 1969
Opened on aFriday
Closed on aWednesday
Days in the decade3,653
Weeks in the decade521 and 6 days
Century20th century
The years of the 1960s
Leap years
Leap years1960, 1964, 1968
How many3a decade spanning a skipped century leap year has fewer
Common years7
Unix time
Start of the decade-315,619,200seconds since 1 January 1970
End of the decade-1the last second of 31 December
Where a decade starts
This page uses1960 to 1969the common reading, grouping years by their shared first three digits
The strict ordinal decade1961 to 1970counting in tens from year 1, the 197th decade runs 1961 to 1970
Which is correctBoth, for different questionsthe first is a naming convention, the second follows from counting; neither is derived from the other
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