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The [[Holiday Year]] is year zero in the history of the [[Third Imperium]], established by [[Cleon I]] to commemorate the establish the Imperium.  
 
The [[Holiday Year]] is year zero in the history of the [[Third Imperium]], established by [[Cleon I]] to commemorate the establish the Imperium.  
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Please see the following [[AAB]] articles for more information:
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* Charted Space Chronology
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** General Chronology
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*** [[Date Conversion]]
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*** [[Dating Systems]]
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** Imperial Chronology
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*** [[Imperial Calendar]]
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**** [[Holiday]]
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**** [[Holiday Year]]
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** Aslan Chronology
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*** [[Aslan Calendar]]
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** Hiver Chronology
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*** [[Hiver Calendar]]
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** K'kree Chronology
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*** [[K'kree Calendar]]
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** Zhodani Chronology
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*** [[Zhodani Calendar]]
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== Description / Specifications ==
 
== Description / Specifications ==

Revision as of 09:50, 7 August 2017

The Holiday Year is year zero in the history of the Third Imperium, established by Cleon I to commemorate the establish the Imperium.

Please see the following AAB articles for more information:

Description / Specifications

Technically, an aspect of calendar reform, the use of the year zero provides a central date point for counting years back into the Long Night and forward into the future of the Imperium. The actual advantages of a holiday year are slight: centuries begin in the hundredth numbered year instead of the first numbered year, and by selecting a base year numbered zero (instead of the generally selected year 1), the Imperial dating system became a standard number line extending forwards and backwards in time. Years before the founding of the Imperium became simple negative numbers, and the differences between dates before and after the founding of the Imperium could be determined by subtraction.

History & Background / Dossier

More importantly at the time, the holiday year was used as part of the public relations campaigns which were impressing the authority of the Imperium upon local governments. The minor requirement of changing to the new calendar was used to determine cooperation by those governments. See also Dating systems, and Date Conversion.

References & Contributors / Sources

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