While working on an assignment for class today, I started thinking about why we have ingrained into everyone's heads that in order to begin anything it must start with the number one.

When in fact it actually starts with the number zero.

There are only two scenarios that I can think of that start with zero.....Birth and Programming.....Why is that?

example for those of you who are shaking you head going huh?!


Birth

Birth = 0
1month = 1
2month = 2
3month = 3
4month = 4
5month = 5
6month = 6
7month = 7
8month = 8
9month = 9
10month= 10
11month= 11
12month= 12 or 1 and the process starts all over again.

Programming


var days = new Array()
days[0] = "Sunday";
days[1] = "Monday";
days[2] = "Tuesday";
days[3] = "Wednesday";
days[4] = "Thursday;
days[5] = "Friday";
days[6] = "Saturday";