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I thought my google was sperging out with dates at first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_calendar
Let's talk light guns and laser weapons that cause cancer in <#189467888657235970> thanks
turns out, thai years are 543 years ahead
I think it fires for two seconds, then charges.
@transience it does that on their windows too
taiwan has minguo years (years since the founding of republic of china) but i think google still uses gregorian calendar, which seems used in day to day life anyway
it's just official stuff and receipts that seem to use minguo years
How backwards, someone needs to come by again and introduce the year of our lord to the heathens
minguo is usually only used for government stuff
because it was mandated a long time ago and now it's a matter of legacy support in terms of records keeping
modern businesses will use western dating
some things like expiration dates are still in minguo
although it varies, some use it and some don't
all the stuff i bought today from familymart, for example, uses western dating
my 7-11 receipts were in minguo iirc
i think all the lottery receipts are?
just pulled a few out
nope
all my 7-11 and familymart receipts are the modern format
>he plays the lotto
all the receipts you're given in taiwan carry with them a lotto number
you can scan them with an app and win money
Oh, thats lond of weird but neat
it was done to encourage tax compliance
even the old-style long and straight non-digital receipts that don't have QR codes that i just looked at
they use western dating
the actual receipt material, though, that the receipt is printed on
it uses minguo dating
to specify the lotto period
minguo on this familymart receipt
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oh right
i'm looking right below it
there should be a western date as well on the receipt
that minguo date only specifies the lotto period
@johnfrum you basically play the lottery every time you buy something in taiwan
the specific time you were issued the receipt is written below, in western dating
in your case that receipt indicated minguo 107th year, lotto period may-june
yea i realised