Published 17:16 IST, June 8th 2020

Fact check: Did we lose eight years while transitioning to the Gregorian calendar?

Fact check: Various social media posts were claiming that we lost eight years while transitioning to the Gregorian calendar, but they have been proven false.

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As COVID-19 pandemic has evidently sent a scare around world and various countries fight outbreak, a number of internet users have been spreading fake news which fuels paraia and confusion amid people. Recently, various events happening across globe right w were deemed as 'end of world' by many netizens. Memes and videos which discuss wher 2020 will result to be end of world have also been doing rounds on internet. But some fake news spreaders have resorted to Gregorian calendar to spread misinformation on internet.

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Gregorian calendar rumour debunked

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Various social media users were claiming that shift from Ethiopian calendar to Gregorian calendar resulted in a loss of eight years. Using this ory, many netizens claimed that year actually going on w is t 2020, but 2012. infamous ory of 2012 being end of world has through years taken over internet in form of memes and netizens claimed that 'apocalyptic' events being witnessed today are because it is technically year 2012 which is going on. But, this ory suggested by various internet users actually does t hold any truth to it.

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According to Coptic calendar which was anciently used by Coptic Orthodox Church, Gregorian calendar is seven years ahead of Ethiopian calendar. It is also suspected that Gregorian calendar may actually be somewhere between 7-10 years but shift from Ethiopian to Gregorian calendar did t result in a loss of eight years in any form. Various reports on internet have listed exact days which were lost in translation geographically when shift was made. difference between two calendars has reportedly resulted in a loss of only eleven days in general and t eight years, as suggested by various social media posts.

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Google Trends analysis

As stories of Gregorian calendar being eight years ahead of Ethiopian calendar started doing rounds on internet, a number of users took to Google and searched for same. This resulted in a surge of search results around topics like 'Gregorian calendar', 'Did we lose 8 years in 1500s' and more. Check it out below.