The century name is always one bigger than the year, That is because the year 0 to 100 was the first century.
Thus the 19th century ran from 1800 to 1899 inclusive.
The 20th century ran from 1900 to 1999 inclusive.
And the 21st Century began in the year 2000.
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each century lasts 100 years. since we are now in 2012 the 21st century will last for 81 1/3 more years
It is now the 21st century.
The century that we are in now- 21st century. :-/
This was the 20th century (we are now in the 21st century).