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June 13 – August 5 – 2011 British Columbia sales tax referendum – The mail-in referendum was delayed due in part to the Canada Post lockout. June 30 – July 7 – The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William and Catherine) tour Canada; July 1 – Face of Canada, an art exhibition in Vancouver is showcased. [32]
Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: D – day; M – month; Y – year; Specific formats for the basic components: yy – two-digit year, e.g. 24; yyyy – four-digit year, e.g. 2024; m – one-digit month for months below 10, e.g. 3; mm – two-digit month, e.g. 03; mmm – three-letter abbreviation for ...
The exception to this guideline is in Taiwan, where a separate calendar system is used, with years numbered to the founding of the Republic of China in 1912. Thus, the year 2006 corresponds to the "95th year of the Republic" (or Chinese: 民國95年; pinyin: Mínguó 95). In official contexts, this system is always used, while the Gregorian ...
The Government of Canada recommends that all-numeric dates in both English and French use the YYYY-MM-DD format codified in ISO 8601. [11] The Standards Council of Canada also specifies this as the country's date format. [12] [13] The YYYY-MM-DD format is the only officially recommended method of writing a numeric date in Canada. [2]
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In 1981, Malaysia decided to standardise the time across its territories to a uniform UTC+08:00. Singapore elected to follow suit, citing business and travel schedules. [14] [15] The change took effect on New Year's Day (1 January) 1982 when Singapore moved half an hour forward on New Year's Eve (31 December) 1981 at 11:30 pm creating "Singapore Standard Time" (SST) or "Singapore Time" (SGT). [16]
iFly Singapore, an indoor wind tunnel facility, is officially opened. [25] 21 May – SingTel successfully launches Singapore's second commercial satellite, ST-2, into orbit following a lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana. [26] The Clementi Mall is officially opened. [27] 27 May – New Platform at Jurong East MRT station opens, with 5 new ...
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