Dual-date reports: getting Hijri and Gregorian right for GCC clients
GCC courts and regulators expect dual Hijri/Gregorian dating. Here is what conforms, what fails, and how to automate it.
Every date in a GCC-facing report should carry both Hijri and Gregorian representation. Judges, land departments, and Zakat authorities all default to Hijri, while international counterparties default to Gregorian. Get it wrong and the report gets returned before anyone reads the substance.
Rule one: the primary date is Hijri, Gregorian in parentheses. So "1 محرم 1448 (17 يونيو 2026)" not the other way around. Rule two: use the Umm al-Qura calendar (the Saudi civil calendar), not astronomical Hijri — the difference is usually one day and it matters for filing deadlines. Rule three: date the site inspection, the valuation date, and the report issue date separately; conflating them is a common reviewer objection.
GARAASSETS's Hijri toggle in report settings handles all three automatically. The underlying library is umm-al-qura calibrated to Saudi Council of Senior Scholars announcements, which is what Taqeem and RERA both accept.