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What about non-european cultures? When was the Gregorian calendar adopted generally in india, central asia, the far east (china, japan, korea), south-east asia
by rmah 6y ago
What about non-european cultures? When was the Gregorian calendar adopted generally in india, central asia, the far east (china, japan, korea), south-east asia, east africa, west africa?
- jcranmer 6y agoEast Asia adopted the Gregorian calendar as part of the drives to Westernization: Japan in 1873, Korea in 1895, and China in the early 20th century (post-Qing China wasn't a unified country following the same rules). In the Americas, the Julian or Gregorian calendar would have been adopted at time of European conquest. Similarly, in most of the rest of the world (which was conquered by Europeans at some time or another), civil administration would have switched to Gregorian when Europeans started administration, although this might not imply a change in local usage of calendar. Islamic countries have had the most resistance to the Gregorian calendar, with Saudi Arabia not using it (de jure, although it was used in private industry de facto) until 2016 and Iran and Afghanistan still not using it.
- mehrzad 6y agoIran uses its own observation-based solar calendar (which means it follows the seasons exactly every year), but it also reports the Gregorian date on the nightly news. People in Iran are generally aware of the Gregorian month and year they are in, if not the exact date.
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