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[[Microsoft]] uses the '''Kuwaiti algorithm'''<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/DrIntl/columns/002/default.mspx#EAD Hijri Dates in SQL Server 2000] from Microsoft</ref><ref>Kriegel, Alex, and Boris M. Trukhnov. SQL Bible. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley, 2008. Page 383.</ref> to convert between dates in the Western standard [[Gregorian calendar]] and dates in the Hijri or [[Islamic calendar]]. There is no fixed correspondence defined in advance between the Gregorian [[solar calendar]] and the Islamic [[lunar calendar]], since the latter is defined by the visibility of the new moon by religious authorities and can therefore vary by a day or two, depending on the particular Islamic authority, weather conditions, and other variables. As an attempt to make conversions between the calendars somewhat predictable, Microsoft claims to have created this [[algorithm]] based on statistical analysis of historical data from [[Kuwait]]. However, its results are identical to a variation of the [[tabular Islamic calendar]], which was introduced by Islamic astronomers around the eighth century.<ref>[http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/islam_tabcal_main.htm#kuwait The
Inevitably, any arithmetic algorithm is imprecise, and results often differ by a day or two from observation or complex calculation.
==Behavior
''Note: This was determined by inspection of the output of the software and is possibly wrong for dates that were not examined.'' {{Original research|date=January 2009}}
*Common (non-leap) years have 354 days. Leap years have 355 days.
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==References==
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[[Category:Specific calendars]]
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