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* In Jack Vance's ''[[The Demon Princes]]'', the year zero corresponds to the year 2000 A.D. Therefore the first book taking place in 1040 means that it is really 3040 A.D. |
* In Jack Vance's ''[[The Demon Princes]]'', the year zero corresponds to the year 2000 A.D. Therefore the first book taking place in 1040 means that it is really 3040 A.D. |
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** The fact that the new calendar began in 2000 A.D. is only given in a footnote midway through the 5-book series. |
** The fact that the new calendar began in 2000 A.D. is only given in a footnote midway through the 5-book series. |
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* The "Common Era" in Alexei Panshin's [[Remittance Man|Anthony Villiers]] novels apparently is reckoned from the launching of Sputnik I in 1957. The first book has an introductory paragraph that gives the year according to Roman AUC, Anno Domini, and Anno Hegira as well as the "common reckoning." |
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* In ''[[Zones of Thought|A Deepness in The Sky]]'' by [[Vernor Vinge]], interstellar traders have done away with not just years and months, but also with days, hours and minutes. All timespans are measured in (appropriate powers-of-thousands of) seconds, with dates simply being the number of seconds since the [[UNIX]] epoch (with some unspecified [[Shown Their Work|but explicitly mentioned]] relativistic frame corrections) -- though in-universe [[Future Imperfect|it is most commonly thought that the zero-second was at the first moon landing]]. Settled planets all have their own calendars, of course. One way the traders know they have stayed too long is when they start using the locals' calendar. |
* In ''[[Zones of Thought|A Deepness in The Sky]]'' by [[Vernor Vinge]], interstellar traders have done away with not just years and months, but also with days, hours and minutes. All timespans are measured in (appropriate powers-of-thousands of) seconds, with dates simply being the number of seconds since the [[UNIX]] epoch (with some unspecified [[Shown Their Work|but explicitly mentioned]] relativistic frame corrections) -- though in-universe [[Future Imperfect|it is most commonly thought that the zero-second was at the first moon landing]]. Settled planets all have their own calendars, of course. One way the traders know they have stayed too long is when they start using the locals' calendar. |
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* The ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' books count from 2103 AD (Gregorian) as 1 PD (post-Diaspora), the year that the first generation ship left Earth. The events of the books take place in the early 20th century PD (41st century AD). Planets set their years as "Year ''X'' AL (After Landing)", with days and months set as appropriate to planetary conditions. This means that a given planet will retain at least two calendars: The "Standard" (PD) year, & the "Local" (AL) year. The ones that are part of a multi-planet polity will track the capitol planet's year AL. Yay for computers. |
* The ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' books count from 2103 AD (Gregorian) as 1 PD (post-Diaspora), the year that the first generation ship left Earth. The events of the books take place in the early 20th century PD (41st century AD). Planets set their years as "Year ''X'' AL (After Landing)", with days and months set as appropriate to planetary conditions. This means that a given planet will retain at least two calendars: The "Standard" (PD) year, & the "Local" (AL) year. The ones that are part of a multi-planet polity will track the capitol planet's year AL. Yay for computers. |
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* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is set in the second to third century after Aegon's Landing. The seasons are random in length, but are much longer than the years, making it uncertain what a "year" actually means. |
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is set in the second to third century after Aegon's Landing. The seasons are random in length, but are much longer than the years, making it uncertain what a "year" actually means. |
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* The various chapters of ''[[Out of the Dark]]'' provide the date in both the Gregorian and the galactic standard calendar. The epilogue introduces a third calendar, replacing the Hegemony's calendar with the notation {{spoiler|"Year 1 of the Terran Empire}}. |
* The various chapters of ''[[Out of the Dark]]'' provide the date in both the Gregorian and the galactic standard calendar. The epilogue introduces a third calendar, replacing the Hegemony's calendar with the notation {{spoiler|"Year 1 of the Terran Empire}}. |
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* A couple of [[Andre Norton]]'s books use AF for "After Flight," or occasionally ASF to specify "After Star Flight." On the other hand, ''Star Rangers'', alternatively titled ''The Last Planet'', gives its date (in the prologue) as 8054 AD. |
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