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   🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 11:40:20 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

   Today i learned in Thailand they use a totally different way to measure what year it is.

   I always thought itnwas odd different coubtries didnt coubt years differently. Seems they do.

   Fuck AD i am using BE from now on no matter what coubtry im in!

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     LucifarGundam (lucifargundam@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 12:10:23 JST LucifarGundam

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     @freemo
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_calendar

     BE year Equivalent
     CE years Equivalent CE
     year
     (Thai solar)
     0 544–543 BCE
     1 543–542 BCE
     543 1 BCE – 1 CE 0–1 CE
     544 1–2 CE 1–2 CE
     2483 1940–1941 1940 (Apr–Dec)
     2484 1941–1942 1941
     2565 2022–2023 2022

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar
     Lunisolar
     A lunisolar calendar is a lunar calendar that compensates by adding an extra month as needed to realign the months with the seasons. Prominent examples of lunisolar calendar are Hindu calendar and Buddhist calendar that are popular in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Another example is the Hebrew calendar, which uses a 19-year cycle.

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     Chris :freebsd: (chrism@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 22:26:24 JST Chris :freebsd:

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     @freemo LOL you’ll discover during your stay here, there are many things the Thais do differently to us “farangs. That’s one of the many things that makes them so charming!