Calendar era

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2020 in various calendars
2020
Gregorian calendar
MMXX
Ab urbe condita 2773
1469
Armenian calendar
ԹՎ ՌՆԿԹ
Assyrian calendar 6770
Bahá'í calendar 176–177
Balinese saka calendar 1941–1942
Bengali calendar 1427
Berber calendar 2970
British Regnal year 68 Eliz. 2 – 69 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2564
Burmese calendar 1382
Byzantine calendar 7528–7529
己亥年 (Earth Pig)
4716 or 4656
Chinese calendar     — to —
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
4717 or 4657
Coptic calendar 1736–1737
Discordian calendar 3186
Ethiopian calendar 2012–2013
Hebrew calendar 5780–5781
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2076–2077
 - Shaka Samvat 1941–1942
 - Kali Yuga 5120–5121
Holocene calendar 12020
Igbo calendar 1020–1021
Iranian calendar 1398–1399
Islamic calendar 1441–1442
Japanese calendar Reiwa 2
(令和２年)
Javanese calendar 1953–1954
Juche calendar 109
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4353
Minguo calendar ROC 109
民國 109 年
Nanakshahi calendar 552
Thai solar calendar 2563
阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
2146 or 1765 or 993
Tibetan calendar     — to —
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
2147 or 1766 or 994
Unix time 1577836800 – 1609459199

A calendar era is the period of time elapsed since one epoch of a calendar and, if it exists,
before the next one.[1] For example, the Gregorian calendar numbers its years in the Western
Christian era (the Coptic Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox churches have their own Christian
eras).

In antiquity, regnal years were counted from the accession of a monarch. This makes the
Chronology of the ancient Near East very difficult to reconstruct, based on disparate and
scattered king lists, such as the Sumerian King List and the Babylonian Canon of Kings. In East
Asia, reckoning by era names chosen by ruling monarchs ceased in the 20th century except for
Japan, where they are still used.

Christian era

 The Etos Kosmou of the Byzantine Calendar places Creation at the beginning of its year
1, namely 5509 BC. Its first known use occurred in the 7th century AD, although its
precursors were developed about AD 400. The year 7509 of this era began in September
2000.
 The Era of Martyrs or Era of Diocletian is reckoned from the beginning of the reign of
Roman Emperor Diocletian; the first year of this era was 284/5. It was not the custom to
use regnal years in Rome, but it was the custom in Roman Egypt, which the emperor
ruled through a prefect (the king of Egypt). The year number changed on the first day of
the Egyptian month Thoth (29 August three years out of four, 30 August the year before a
Roman leap year.) Diocletian abolished the special status of Egypt, which thereafter
followed the normal Roman calendar: consular years beginning on 1 January. This era
was used in the Easter tables prepared in Alexandria long after the abdication of
Diocletian, even though Diocletian was a notorious persecutor of Christians. The Era of
Diocletian was retained by the Coptic Church and used for general purposes, but by 643
the name had been changed to Era of the Martyrs.[4]:766–7
 The Incarnation Era is used by Ethiopia. Its epoch is 29 August, AD 8 in the Julian
calendar.
 The Armenian calendar has its era fixed at AD 552.