This country is 7 years behind world.

    This country is 7 years behind world. While the year 2020 is going on around the world, there is also a country where 2012 is still going on.  Not only this, in this country there are not 12 but 13 months in a year.  The name of this country is Ethiopia.  Known as Africa's second most populous country, Ethiopia's calendar trails 7 years, 3 months behind the world.  Here, the new year is celebrated not on January 1 but on September 11.  Actually, the Gregorian calendar, considered worldwide, started in the year 1582.  Earlier the Julian calendar was used, but since the arrival of the Gregorian calendar, many countries that followed the Catholic Church accepted the new calendar, while many countries were opposing it.  These included Ethiopia.