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Calendar Act 2015 (Yukon)
Topic Started: Apr 20 2015, 06:18 PM (145 Views)
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Calendar Act 2015 (Yukon)
 
Preamble: The intention of this Act is to establish a clear system of dating and time keeping for the Yukon RP which facilitates the easy recording of events and history.

Article 1 - The Calendar System
1.1) Yukon shall adopt a system of recording years based upon the Arcadian Model:

  • 1) The passage of time shall be divided into Eras, each Era shall be of indeterminate length.
  • 2) Every 100 IC years a review shall be carried out by the Role Playing Moderation Team to determine whether or not to begin a new Era; this shall be decided based upon significant global events and the advice of the President and Minister of Cartography.
  • 3) Though the model adopted shall follow the Arcadian Model it should be recognised that the Regional Calendar is different and operates independently.
  • 4) Instead of using the date AD/CE the date shall be given in the following format; dd/mm/yy e where e represent the era. So the 2nd January in the 3rd year of the 8th Era would be 02/01/03 8e or 3 8e if one is referring to the year alone.

1.2) The present era shall be the 5th.

  • 1) The first Era began in 1900 AD/CE and ended in 2150 with the colonisation of NCON Prime.
  • 2) The second Era ended with the end of the Great War and lasted an unspecified number of years.
  • 3) The third Era ended with the destruction of Enkon and lasted an unspecified number of years.
  • 4) The fourth Era ended with the colonisation of Yukon and lasted either 40 (for most nations) or 376 years (for those nations stuck in a space time anomaly).
  • 5) Therefore the fifth Era began with the colonisation of Yukon.
  • 6) The lengths of the second and third Eras are left unspecified so as to disconnect the Regional Calendar from any parallels to the AD/CE system which shall not be used IC.

1.3) As of 3rd May 2015 (OOC) the IC year shall be 20 5e (the 20th year of the 5th Era).

Article 2 - The Passage of Time
2.1) One IC year shall pass every four weeks OOC.

2.2) Every week shall represent one quarter of the years (3 IC months). On Yukon this represent the passing of the seasons; the first quarter shall be winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern with season passing accordingly every three months. This is for ease of use.

2.3) The passage of specific days within a month shall not be calculated directly, however the passage of month per week should be approximately one month every two days with a small amount of leeway given.
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I find this a fascinating idea, but isn't it a bit hard to realise it? For instance, to update the year every four weeks could be a bit complex for people, I think.
Edited by Herargon, Apr 20 2015, 08:42 PM.
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Unibearia

We already do that. One month is one year.
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Airatania
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How would this apply to IC history for nations? Everything would have to be converted to this era system, and for people (like me) that list a lot of dates in their factbooks, that would be such a pain to convert everything.
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@Herargon: If this Act passes I will prepare a full calendar which tracks the passage of IC time in relation to OOC time for the foreseeable future. This will mean that in order to work out a date all a person need do is check this reference calendar.

@Airatania: This Act does not prevent nations from maintaining their own calendar systems for internal use, it merely establishes a regional standard by which the passage of time can be tracked uniformly. If you prefer to keep a record of historic dates using a different system or format (I in fact do this myself) then you are welcome to do so. I would however advise that for the sake of avoiding argument and issues of continuity you avoid using direct references to the AD/CE system.
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Tyvenia

So, are we also assuming that everything that occurs IRL before 2150 is canon? I ask because of the inquiry/proposal on the RMB that we undertake an alternate history of 1930s earth.
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Unibearia

Isn't the year 2700-2725?
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@Tyvenia - I would say that the affairs of 'Ancient Terra' be fixed as canon up to the year 2000, with our alternate history deriving from that point onwards, with some exceptions. Provided an element of a nation's history does not affect the histories of others, or radically alter canon or human history itself I would argue that nothing is fixed. However the matter of IC canon is not really the subject of this Act, merely the system by which time passes.

@Unibearia - Yes and no. Our best guess is that the year should be between 2770 - 2800. However the fragmented nature of our IC continuity at various points due to OOC events means that a precise year is impossible to calculate and would be arbitrary even if we did. This Act intends to remedy to widespread confusion, and hopefully address the repeat arguments people have about the date, by setting out a clear system by which the passage of time is measured and the date calculated.
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The mandatory 5 day debate period is over, please declare your votes, Aye or Nay.
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nay
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Unibearia

I'm not sure if we should do this. I am really hesitant but I trust Prime and I will vote AYE
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Tyvenia

Aye.
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New Wolfeinstein
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Aye
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Herargon
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Aye.
Edited by Herargon, Apr 28 2015, 10:11 PM.
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Voting closes the result is:

4-1-0

The Act passes and shall be sent to the Senate once elections are concluded.
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