Date Format

You may have noticed that when Thais write dates they are a several hundred years ahead of the rest of us. Can be quite confusing. Basically the Thais use the Eastern version of the Buddhist era which is 543 years ahead of the Gregorian calender that we know and love today.

Other than this the Thai date format is fairly comprehensive to us Brits, as we see below its in DD/MM/YY format:

วันที่ 29 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2552
Day:29 June Year: 2552
29th June 2552.


Or alternatively you may see the day written instead of 'wan tee'

วันจันทร์ที่ 29 มิถุนายน พ.ศ.2552
Monday 29th June 2552

For websites you may see this format posted below articles:

29 มิถุนายน 2552, 11:20 น.

The N standing for naligar (meaning watch/time). If you listen to the newsreaders they'll always say this when they're doing their news items.