Pace 152, you're good.
You can fly any registry in any country to uphold the currency on your FAA IR.
And yes, it is still calender month as in a named month.
So today is Oct 24th 2011 or 10-24-2011
I need 6 approaches, holds and intercepts/tracking since april which is month 4.
So if I did 6 approaches holds and intercepts/tracking on the 1st April i'm still good, barely but still.
*** The acronym is SH@T btw, Six appraoches, Holds, Intercepts, Tracking ***