Hijri (Islamic) Datepicker – Pick Dates in the Hijri Calendar, Right Inside Odoo
For organisations that work in the Hijri (Islamic) calendar, Odoo’s Gregorian-only datepicker means constant mental conversion and room for error. This module adds a Hijri datepicker alongside the standard one: pick a date in either calendar and it’s converted to the other automatically. The dates your team thinks in are now the dates they can select.
What Does This Module Do?
This module adds a Hijri (Islamic) datepicker to Odoo’s web interface. The Hijri calendar is a purely lunar calendar of 12 months based on the motion of the moon, which makes it consistently shorter than a solar year; it’s the official calendar in Gulf countries – Saudi Arabia in particular – while other Muslim countries use it alongside the Gregorian calendar for religious purposes. With this module you can select dates using a Hijri datepicker directly in Odoo. Odoo’s normal Gregorian datepicker remains available too, and the two work together: choose a date in either picker and it’s converted to the other automatically, both ways.
Why Do You Need It?
If your organisation operates in the Hijri calendar, working in a system that only offers Gregorian dates is a constant friction. Staff have to convert dates in their heads or with a separate tool every time they enter one, which is slow and an easy place for mistakes to creep in – and those errors can flow through to records, documents, and reports. For businesses in Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf, where Hijri is the official calendar, this isn’t a nicety but a practical necessity. Adding a Hijri datepicker lets your team pick dates in the calendar they actually use, while automatic two-way conversion keeps everything consistent with Odoo’s underlying Gregorian storage. You get accuracy, speed, and a system that fits how your people already think about dates.
When Should You Use This Module?
This module is for any organisation using Odoo that works with the Hijri calendar. It’s especially valuable for businesses in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region, where Hijri is the official calendar, and for any Muslim-majority context where dates are commonly recorded or referenced in Hijri. If your users regularly need to enter or read dates in the Islamic calendar and are tired of converting from Gregorian by hand, this brings the Hijri calendar into Odoo’s date fields. It’s a web-level module, so the Hijri datepicker becomes available across the interface once installed.
How This Module Works in Practice
Once installed, a Hijri datepicker is available for selecting dates in Odoo, sitting alongside the standard Gregorian datepicker. You can pick a date from whichever calendar suits you: choose in Hijri and the Gregorian value updates to match, or choose in Gregorian and the Hijri value updates – the conversion runs automatically in both directions, so the two always stay in sync. Your team simply selects dates in the calendar they’re comfortable with, and Odoo keeps everything consistent behind the scenes.
Product Screenshots
Hijri Datepicker – select dates in the Hijri calendar; the Gregorian and Hijri values convert both ways
Key Benefits at a Glance
Hijri dates in Odoo: pick dates in the Islamic calendar directly in the interface.
Both calendars available: the standard Gregorian datepicker remains alongside the Hijri one.
Automatic two-way conversion: pick in either calendar and the other updates to match.
Fewer errors: no more converting dates by hand between Hijri and Gregorian.
Ideal for the Gulf: fits organisations where Hijri is the official or preferred calendar.
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