# What calendar does China use? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 7, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-calendar-does-china-use/5887 "2000-01-07T07:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smcdonald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Smcdonald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smcdonald)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-calendar-does-china-use/5887/1 "2000-01-07T07:21:00Z")
I know this is an incredibly short posting, but: What calenday does China use? Is it the Roman/Gregorian calendar we use here? I can’t find the answer anywhere and it is making me feel stoooopid! If it is a different calendar, what year is it? Was there a Y2K scare in China too? Does anyone know the straight dope or should I ask Cecil? ---
**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-calendar-does-china-use/5887/2 "2000-01-07T14:15:00Z")
Check out [http://astro.nmsu.edu/~lhuber/leaphist.html](http://astro.nmsu.edu/~lhuber/leaphist.html) ---
**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-calendar-does-china-use/5887/3 "2000-01-07T14:16:00Z")
Or [http://www.tondering.dk/claus/cal/node9.html](http://www.tondering.dk/claus/cal/node9.html) ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-calendar-does-china-use/5887/4 "2000-01-07T16:01:00Z")
This question probably belongs over in the General Questions section. 🙂