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Some calendars listed are identical to the Gregorian calendar except for substituting regional month names or using a different calendar epoch. For example, the Thai solar calendar (introduced 1888) is the Gregorian calendar using a different epoch (543 BC) and different names for the Gregorian months (Thai names based on the signs of the zodiac).
All examples use example date 2021-03-31 / 2021 March 31 / 31 March 2021 / March 31, 2021 – except where a single-digit day is illustrated. Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: D – day; M – month; Y – year; Specific formats for the basic components: yy – two-digit year, e.g. 24; yyyy – four-digit ...
The British Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 also applied to Ireland (as stated in its preamble). For details, see Calendar Act: Ireland. Italy: various 1582 4 Oct 15 Oct 10 [11] [12] Italy County of Tyrol, Prince-Bishopric of Brixen: 1583 4 Oct 15 Oct 10 Brixen possibly one day later [6] Japan: Japan: 1872 2 "12th month" 1 Jan (1873) N/A
The calendar that is used for Date format. The order in which the year, month, and day are represented. (Year-month-day, day-month-year, and month-day-year are the common combinations.) How weeks are identified (see seven-day week) Whether written months are identified by name, by number (1–12), or by Roman numeral (I-XII).
A universal calendar, combining different calendars. A full calendar system has a different calendar date for every day. [20] [21] Thus the week cycle is by itself not a full calendar system; [22] neither is a system to name the days within a year without a system for identifying the years.
Japan decided to officially replace its traditional lunisolar calendar with the Gregorian calendar in 1872, so the day following 31 December 1872 as "the second day of the twelfth month of Meiji 5" (明治5年12月2日, Meiji gonen jūnigatsu futsuka) became 1 January 1873, [25] locally known as "the first day of the first month of Meiji 6 ...
The most widespread civil calendar and de facto international standard is the Gregorian calendar. Although that calendar was first declared by Pope Gregory XIII to be used in Catholic countries in 1582, it has since been adopted, as a matter of convenience, by many secular and non-Christian countries although some countries use other calendars.
The Perpetual Calendar Gregorian Calendar adoption dates for many countries. World records for mentally calculating the day of the week in the Gregorian Calendar ; The Calendar FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions about Calendars; Today's date (Gregorian) in over 800 more-or-less obscure foreign languages Archived 8 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine