# Is it 2003 everywhere?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-2003-everywhere/169392>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 17, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-2003-everywhere/169392 "2003-04-17T19:23:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-2003-everywhere/169392/21 "2003-04-18T05:21:54Z")

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Yes, yes! I remember the hoopla on 11-11-11, which was extra-special because of the double-digit thing.

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-2003-everywhere/169392/22 "2003-04-18T07:56:12Z")

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Also, in China a lot of people use the lunar calendar for a lot of things or use both the lunar and western calendar, but in my 3 years of backpacking around the backwoods of China in the 1980’s, everyone knew what year it was. it is simply inconcieveable to me that someone in China wouldn’t at least get the right century (gregorian that is).

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-2003-everywhere/169392/23 "2003-04-18T08:19:37Z")

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[Universal Calendar Converter](http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/) – This website pretty much has it all. Convert from Mayan Long Count to Microsoft Excel Day Number, from Julian Day to Bahá’í, and more.

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