This is because the Hijri calendar, which is based on lunar movement in the solar system, involves changes that are difficult to track. Yet this information is only secondary and is not used for recording or referring to the document unless it dates back to the time of Prophet Muhammad. 1 Certain documents of a religious nature may also contain lunar (Hejri-e Qamari) dates and captions. Official documents in Iran are dated based on the solar (Hejri-e Shamsi) calendar. KEYWORDSĬonversion, interconversion, solar, lunar, Gregorian calendar, official translation.
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To this end the article offers a thorough discussion of conceptual (calendarical) knowledge, focusing on the inherent discrepancies existing between these calendars it then provides further information about manual date calculation, and finally offers information on some useful websites and software. This article examines conversion and interconversion in relation to three kinds of calendar used in official translations in Iran: the Solar, the Lunar and the Gregorian. Home > Issue17 > Ahmadi Darani article Date conversion essentials: the case of Persian to English official translations Parviz Ahmadi Darani, Mohajer Technical-Vocational University of Isfahan ABSTRACTĪlthough ready access to the Internet makes everything easy, if no online date calculator is available, the only solution with official translations is to convert dates by manual calculation.