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  2. Vietnamese calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnamese calendar (Vietnamese: âm lịch; chữ Hán: 陰曆) is a lunisolar calendar that is mostly based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar. As Vietnam 's official calendar has been the Gregorian calendar since 1954, [ 1 ] the Vietnamese calendar is used mainly to observe lunisolar holidays and commemorations, such as Tết Nguyên ...

  3. Unix time - Wikipedia

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    Unix time is currently defined as the number of non-leap seconds which have passed since 00:00:00 UTC on Thursday, 1 January 1970, which is referred to as the Unix epoch. [ 3] Unix time is typically encoded as a signed integer . The Unix time 0 is exactly midnight UTC on 1 January 1970, with Unix time incrementing by 1 for every non-leap second ...

  4. Epoch (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Epoch (computing) In computing, an epoch is a fixed date and time used as a reference from which a computer measures system time. Most computer systems determine time as a number representing the seconds removed from a particular arbitrary date and time. For instance, Unix and POSIX measure time as the number of seconds that have passed since ...

  5. 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).

  6. Epoch - Wikipedia

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    An epoch in astronomy is a reference time used for consistency in calculation of positions and orbits. A common astronomical epoch is J2000, which is noon on January 1, 2000, Terrestrial Time . An epoch in Geochronology is a period of time, typically in the order of tens of millions of years. The current epoch is the Holocene .

  7. 2-week Itinerary - Vietnam Forum - Tripadvisor

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    Vietnam's holiday is Lunar New Year (Tet). Starting from: According to the international calendar, February 7 - February 15 (according to the Vietnamese calendar, December 28 - January 6). In addition, I also want to introduce an extremely beautiful and pristine destination, Lan Ha Bay. Wishing you a happy vacation. Welcome to Vietnam.

  8. Buddhist calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Buddhist calendar is a set of lunisolar calendars primarily used in Tibet, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam as well as in Malaysia and Singapore and by Chinese populations for religious or official occasions. While the calendars share a common lineage, they also have minor but important variations ...

  9. History of calendars - Wikipedia

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    The history of calendars covers practices with ancient roots as people created and used various methods to keep track of days and larger divisions of time. Calendars commonly serve both cultural and practical purposes and are often connected to astronomy and agriculture . Archeologists have reconstructed methods of timekeeping that go back to ...