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Well Arabic countries traditionally use the Islamic calendar (luna based) rather than the Gregorian calendar (solar based). If memory serves Myanmar (nee Burma)
by tankenmate 12y ago
Well Arabic countries traditionally use the Islamic calendar (luna based) rather than the Gregorian calendar (solar based). If memory serves Myanmar (nee Burma) uses a different calendar as well.
- jrochkind1 12y agoThere are a variety of different traditional calendars from different cultures, but I strongly suspect business people in, say, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, or UAE use the same calendar we do. I in fact strongly suspect _everyone_ in those countries do, for their day-to-day non-religious date-related tasks. Wikipedia confirms "The Islamic calendar is now used primarily for religious purposes, and for official dating of public events and documents in Muslim countries". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar#Uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar#Uses
- hrasyid 12y agoWhat's your point? They can afford to switch from Islamic calendar to Gregorian, because the majority already use Gregorian. It doesn't mean that it will be easy to make a country switch to a 13-month calendar that nobody else use