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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Different time, calendar,...

Due to the orthodox influence Ethiopia uses the Julian calendar which is 8 years "behind". We therefore had the unique opportunity to go back to the Millenium year 2000! It's a huge party here! The year consists of 13 months and it starts on 13. September, simple isn't it? To make it even "simpler" they have a different time format. Sun rise is at 12 (our time it would be 0600), sun set is again at 12 (1800). Due to the global influence they now mix "our" and their time and you always have to check...

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