The North Korean Calendar or Juche Calendar is the system of year numbering used in the DPRK (North Korea).
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The Juche Calendar was introduced in 1997 and is based on Kim Il Sung's date of birth: 15 April 1912. This year is used as Juche 1 and the system works forward from there. There is no Juche 0. The Juche Calendar does maintain the Gregorian Calendar's traditional months and the number of days in a month.
| Gregorian | Juche Year |
|---|---|
| 1912 | 1 |
| 2007 | 96 |
| 2008 | 97 |
| 2009 | 98 |
| 2010 | 99 |
| 2011 | 100 |
In many instances of non-Korean usage the Juche year is given after the corresponding Gregorian year i.e. 12 June 2007 (Juche 96). This is however technically incorrect, with the official DPR-Korean sources listing the Gregorian year second as in 12 June Juche 96 (2007). See the DPRK official page for a North Korean example.
The Juche Calendar uses the same numbering system as the Minguo calendar which is used in the Republic of China (Taiwan).