On 15 Jun 2011 at 15:23, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Then there's the Juche calendar used by the PRK,
where our 1997 is the
year 1 (the year of Kim Il Sung's birth)
Now that's just plain stupid.
Kim Il Sung was born April 15, 1912--and that's where year 1 of the
Juche calendar starts. The calendar was adopted in 1997. AFAIK, the
division into months and rules for leap years follow that of the
Gregorian calendar.
--Chuck