Examples of use of Ethiopian calendar
1. Hailu Shawels driver was beaten and threatened at gun point by security personnel on Saturday 30 Hamle date in Ethiopian calendar, corresponding to 6 August.
2. The only time the country had a peaceful transition (though not democratic!) was in 1270 AD. (Ethiopian Calendar!) Before this time we do not recall in history a period when Ethiopia has had a democratic transition where one ruler has given up power without being forced, exiled, or killed to give it up.
3. On September ', 1'8' (Meskiram 1, 1'81, Ethiopian calendar), the Anyuaks of Pinyodo like the rest of Ethiopians, were getting ready for the next day festivity, September 10,1'8' (Meskiram 2, 1'81), when a fist fight broke out between young Anyuak boys and some Sudanese Refugees in the biggest market in the middle of town.