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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tdewitt274" data-source="post: 4891815" data-attributes="member: 20117">CalendarI've been thinking about the temporal nature of the pbp Forum and decided that I'll have some kind of a Calendar System.As previously noted, the posts will need to be temporal in nature.  This is especially true if going into a "turn based initiative" and also when dealing with resting.  The GM can also pass time by adding an "action" that advances the clock.Here are my questions:How accurate do you want the calendar to be?  The Gregorian calendar is a fickle creature.  I won't get into the specifics, but it can be read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year" target="_blank">here</a>.  If a true Leap Year is to be added for a revolution of an uneven amount of days in a year, then I'll need to create some kind of function that will count out time.If every year is exactly 365 twenty four hour days, then this is not really a concern.How will you use the calendar?If the calendar is just used to mark the passing days, there shouldn't be an issue with "going forward."  If the calendar is more complex, then how will bouncing back and forth in time be tracked?How will special days be represented?Special days like Thanksgiving in the US is on a variable day in a month (last Thursday).  Will these be necessary or can they be glossed over?Here's my original thoughts on the Calendar.  This is just one idea that can be used.  I'm open to other suggestions.The way I see it, different calendars are used in different ways.  For example, the Gregorian Calendar is different from the Faerunian Calendar (360 days with five "special days") which is also different from the Eberron Calendar (which uses an excessive amount of moons for different reasons).As a result, I'm going to allow the Calendar to be dynamic.  You'll start out with a blank canvas.  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Decide on how many months and give names.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Add how many days per month (some can have 30, others 20 or even 50).  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each day is broken to days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and named.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Hours/Minutes/Seconds will determine the duration of a day.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Additional days can be added to a month at an irregular interval (ex, February 29th every 4 years).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each Date can be given a name (ex, 1/1 = New Years Day).</li> </ul>I'm mostly interested in the basic framework at this time.  This piece can be expanded and upgraded at later points without making the core framework invalid.  But they are important questions to ask.Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!</blockquote>

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