How are Thai Buddhist-era dates handled in a certified translation?

In-depth Answer

Thai official documents carry Buddhist-era years while Australian bodies work in Gregorian years.

Converting silently invites doubt, because an officer comparing the translation with the original sees two different numbers.

Good practice shows both: the Gregorian year with the Buddhist-era year in brackets.

A second trap is date order — Thai documents write day before month, while some systems expect month first — and spelling the month in words removes the ambiguity entirely.

A third applies to older records: before Thailand's calendar change in 1941 the year began in April, so documents from that period need careful conversion.

Tell your translator in advance if a document is that old.

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