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The [[Holiday Year]] is year zero in the history of the [[Third Imperium]], established by [[Cleon I]] to commemorate the establishment of the Imperium. | The [[Holiday Year]] is year zero in the history of the [[Third Imperium]], established by [[Cleon I]] to commemorate the establishment of the Imperium. | ||
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| − | Please see the following [[AAB]] articles for more information: | + | Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] articles for more information: |
* Charted Space Chronology | * Charted Space Chronology | ||
** General Chronology | ** General Chronology | ||
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| − | == Description | + | == Description (Specifications) == |
Technically, an aspect of calendar reform, the use of the year [[0|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 backward 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. | Technically, an aspect of calendar reform, the use of the year [[0|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 backward 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 | + | == 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 | + | 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 | + | == References & Contributors (Sources) == |
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|S3= [[The Traveller Book]] | |S3= [[The Traveller Book]] | ||
|S4= [[Imperial Encyclopedia]] | |S4= [[Imperial Encyclopedia]] | ||
| − | |S5= [[Milieu 0]] | + | |S5= {{Ludography cite|name= Marc Miller's Traveller |page= 185}} |
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| + | |S7= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] | ||
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{{LE|Chronology|Dating systems|Events|Imperial}} | {{LE|Chronology|Dating systems|Events|Imperial}} | ||
Revision as of 18:19, 17 December 2018
The Holiday Year is year zero in the history of the Third Imperium, established by Cleon I to commemorate the establishment of the Imperium.
Please see the following AAB Library Data articles for more information:
- Charted Space Chronology
- General Chronology
- Imperial Chronology
- Aslan Chronology
- Hiver Chronology
- K'kree Chronology
- Zhodani Chronology
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 backward 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)
- Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
- Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z)
- The Traveller Book
- Imperial Encyclopedia
- Marc Miller. Marc Miller's Traveller (Imperium Games, 1996), 185.
- Milieu 0
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science