Convert Year to Century

Published by Werdna in
algorithmsdatesmath

Write a function that takes a $year and returns its corresponding century.

Examples

centuryFromYear(2005) ➞ 21

centuryFromYear(1950) ➞ 20

centuryFromYear(1900) ➞ 19

Notes

For guidance on the year boundaries for each century:

  • The 19th century are the years from 1801 to 1900.
  • The 20th century are the years from 1901 to 2000.
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