leocom6 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 A Thai id card may be very confusing, especially figuring out how old someone from Thailand is. A Thai ID card carries the Buddhist calendar year instead of the Western/Gregorian calendar year. The Buddhist calendar is hundreds years ahead of the Western calendar' 1. Locate the third line down on the ID card, which is the date of birth,the first line is the persons first name and the second is the last name. 2.locate the year of birth which is the Buddhist (it should start with 25 and be four digits) Thai year which is not the same as the western year. for example, if the ID reads that they were born in"2535" to Translate subtract 543 which would be1992 in the United States 3.Subtract the western calendar year from the current year 2014 from1992 you will get 22 for the age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Also when you ask a Thai their age while they might say they are 22 this can mean they are in their 22nd year so in western terms they are 21. They are not trying to mislead you the culture is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowy Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 You can also just look at the age in English. The Thai ID's now have the dates in English on them. I'm not exactly sure when they started to put the dates in English on them, but it has been for a few years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leocom6 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 thanks I wasn't sure about the English on the ID i recently ask a bar girl if she was a ladyboy she ran and got here ID and said see and pointed to where it said Miss I wasn't sure if it was fake or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suay Mak Mak Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 So what year is 2014? in year of Buddha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowy Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 So what year is 2014? It's 2557 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suay Mak Mak Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenmc99 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 So basically anyone with at least 2539 is ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Freddie Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 for example, if the ID reads that they were born in"2535" to Translate subtract 543 which would be1992 in the United States That's an amazing coincidence! I worked it out and it's 1992 n Australia too. I wonder if its the same in Europe? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianjamesmax Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Write 543 on your hand before you go out :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellboy Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 That's an amazing coincidence! I worked it out and it's 1992 n Australia too. I wonder if its the same in Europe? :) yep , you are right !! i didnt really believe it was possible but it was .......1992!!!! how is that possible ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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