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  2. List of adoption dates of the Gregorian calendar by country

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    Brixen possibly one day later [6] Japan: Japan: 1872 2 "12th month" 1 Jan (1873) N/A Previously used the Japanese calendar. Japanese era names still remain in use. Laos: French colonial empire: 1889 N/A Previously used the Burmese calendar. Latvia: Courland: 1617 10 [12] [21] [22] Latvia Courland: 1796 7 Feb 28 Jan -11 Return to the Julian ...

  3. List of calendars - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. Adoption of the Gregorian calendar - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of date formats by country - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Date and time representation by country - Wikipedia

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    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).

  7. Civil calendar - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Calendar date - Wikipedia

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    9/xi/06, 9.xi.06, 9-xi.06, 9/xi-06, 9.XI.2006, 9. XI. 2006 or 9 XI 2006 (using the Roman numeral for the month) – In the past, this was a common and typical way of distinguishing day from month and was widely used in many countries, but recently this practice has been affected by the general retreat from the use of Roman numerals.

  9. Calendar - Wikipedia

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    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.