The Year 2020 Hasn't Even Happened Yet In Some Countries

The year 2020 might have seemed a hard slog for most of us, but did you know it hasn't even happened yet in some countries? This fella explained as much to his followers on TikTok, and it's blown people's minds. Watch below:

Yes, TikToker Jaydee T has recently gone viral for posting a video pointing out that in several countries, it's not actually 2021 at all.

Erm... what?

The video points out that in Ethiopia it's still 2013 - and the science checks out. This is because the east African country differs from the Gregorian calendar - which the UK uses - as it's based on a different interpretation of when the Annunciation took place.

That's the date in which the angel Gabriel supposedly told the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become mother to Jesus.

The Ethiopian calendar is comprised of 12 months of 30 days, plus five or six days inserted in order for the calendar to follow the solar phases - in the same way the Gregorian calendar has months with different days.

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Meanwhile, in Nepal it's currently a futuristic sounding 2078. The Nepalese calendar's months vary in length from year to year, stretching between 28 and 32 days long. They celebrate their new year on the first Baishakh - typically around the middle of April.

In Iran, they're still in 1400. The modern Iranian calendar has only been use since 1925, after several previous calendars were used over thousands of years.

The modern day Iran calendar is known as the Solar Hijri calendar and has 365 or 366 days per year. It's year begins in March on the first day of spring, as per astrological calculations.

Meanwhile, in Israel, it's 5781! This is according to the Hebrew calendar and is roughly 11 days shorter than the solar year which the Gregorian calendar is based on.

In North Korea, it's only the year 110. The North Korean calendar is know as The Juche calendar and it began on the birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the country. His birth year, was 1912 in the Gregorian calendar, but became Juche 1 in the Juche calendar.

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The calendar wasn't adopted in North Korea until 1997, however, three years after the death of Kim Il-sung, and its length is aligned with that of the Gregorian calendar.

Naturally, the witty folks of TikTok were quick to comment on Jaydee T's video.

One user joked: "Why didn't Nepal tell us about COVID and 9/11?"

Another wrote: "2013 in Ethiopia? Gonna go by some crypto."

While a third wrote: "So if I flew to these countries would I be a time traveller?"

You would be anyway, surely, given the difference in time zones.

Next time you think you wish 2021 would hurry up and end already, remember: for some people, it's the year 5781 that's been a rubbish year.

Topics: Weird

Simon Catling