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Microsoft uses the "Kuwaiti algorithm" to convert between dates in the Western standard Gregorian calendar and dates in the Islamic calendar. Since there is no fixed correspondence defined in advance between the Gregorian solar calendar and the Islamic lunar calendar, this algorithm is based on statistical analysis of historical data from Kuwait.

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