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* [[Young Adult Literature|Juvenile]] science fiction novel ''Rocket Jockey'', published in 1952 by Lester del Rey (under the name Philip St. John), mentions in the prologue that the first human to set foot on the Moon, in 1964, was named Armstrong. Five years early, and del Rey's Armstrong was a major, not an ex-navy civilian, but still.

* In the ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]'' Luke is annoyed at having to do date conversions and notes how it seemed that every new government's first action was to create a new calendar. Since the main calendar (which itself wasn't really solidified yet at the time the novels were written) of the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'' is based on the Battle of Yavin, and has many works set ''before'' the Battle of Yavin that (obviously) can't use Before Battle of Yavin dating in-universe, there's at least five contemporary calendars introduced for keeping track of time in prequels<ref>The Russan Reformation (which is conveniently exactly 1000 years before the Battle of Yavin), local Cularin system time in [[Living Force]] (made more annoying by how the system disappeared for 10 years and then reappeared without any time within the system progressing), the Treaty of Coruscant for the ''[[The Old Republic]]'' MMO, the Great Resynchronization created by ''A Guide to the Star Wars Universe'' but used largely for in-universe forum posts in the [[West End Games]] RPG (which frustratingly isn't just a different zero year but also starts the year at a different point), and the Tho Yor Arrival for the ''[[Dawn of the Jedi]]'' series.</ref>, at least two non-New Republic governments that exist post-Yavin with their own<ref>The Imperials (who naturally don't view the New Republic as legitimate and don't idolize the Battle of Yavin) using the founding of the Galactic Empire as their zero point, and the internal calendar of the Chiss Ascendancy using their founding in 5000 BBY. On top of that that the Hapes Consortium ''may'' also have their own.</ref> and the occasional use of the local calendars of non-space civilizations {{spoiler|including one within the Thrawn Trilogy itself}}. Keeping track of the year in ''Star Wars'' does indeed involve a lot of date conversions.

 

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