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Give us the ability to create our own Era's other than BCE and CE

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Chronicles · Created by Jdab99
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

Currently I am writing a story with multiple time eras and the time line does not fit well on the BCE and CE format that is provided. There are multiple world changing events that consitute a start of a new era.  Also they dont all end as a full year but rather at a time of an event.  Its annoying since I have to do the math to make sure the dates actually line up and then add in the title.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

It would allow me to not have to do some funky math and makes sure im using the correct dates I want.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

Its just another feature to help keep track of time lines that are really long.

The Team's Response

Thanks for your suggestion! This will be implemented as part of a planned update, but as it involves a massive overhaul of time-related features that will affect a lot of different features on the site, it will be a while until we are ready to start working on it.
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Current score

117/300 Votes · +29010 points

Votes Cast

  • +300

    by Asaphyx
    on 2023-10-25 18:37

  • +100

    by echocosm
    on 2023-10-25 17:02

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    by DoStuffZ
    on 2023-10-25 14:09

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    by VanillaTart
    on 2023-10-25 08:32

  • +300

    by Eraellas
    on 2023-10-24 21:20

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    by Syncero
    on 2023-10-24 17:42

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    by nacho22
    on 2023-10-24 17:40

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    by Pizentios
    on 2023-10-24 17:14

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    by Funnyman12
    on 2023-10-24 12:36

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    by Fiovara
    on 2023-10-23 22:28

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    by Scii
    on 2023-10-23 21:34

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    by booknerdguru
    on 2023-10-23 19:27

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    by Lost_Ages
    on 2023-10-23 15:54

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    by warchild1x
    on 2023-10-23 12:59

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    by Nordenclave
    on 2023-10-22 22:03

  • +100

    by Happypill
    on 2023-10-22 13:06

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    by Rab and Gana
    on 2023-10-22 12:07

  • +1

    by AvaBoba
    on 2023-10-22 11:31

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    by A Goodhearted Hobbit
    on 2023-10-21 17:59

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    by Dust Heart
    on 2023-10-21 15:42

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    by A Roaring Ooze
    on 2023-10-21 15:28

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    by necrowmancer
    on 2023-10-21 13:54

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    by Goose80
    on 2023-10-21 04:02

  • +100

    by GMCalliope
    on 2023-10-20 22:31

  • +1

    by NathaliaCF
    on 2023-10-20 22:01

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    by SanctifiedSavage
    on 2023-10-20 21:50

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    by Riddermagnus
    on 2023-10-20 12:02

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    by Inusitatus
    on 2023-10-20 03:28

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    by Kinojitsu
    on 2023-10-19 14:31

  • +1

    by CherryCat360
    on 2023-10-19 05:02

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    by SmokingKitten
    on 2023-10-18 19:33

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    by SAGE_metaverse
    on 2023-10-18 18:16

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    by A Lusty Kobold
    on 2023-10-18 18:13

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    by RedKerr
    on 2023-10-18 16:54

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    by Mirnaluvsturtles
    on 2023-10-18 15:35

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    by masquerin
    on 2023-10-18 11:56

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    by Knuffel
    on 2023-10-18 08:52

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    by yoresinger
    on 2023-10-18 04:27

  • +1

    by GreyMarq
    on 2023-10-18 02:23

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    by HellfireJags
    on 2023-10-18 02:05

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    by A Cute Kobold
    on 2023-10-17 23:23

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    by Mark0
    on 2023-10-17 21:16

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    by Hossyboy
    on 2023-10-17 20:17

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    by PrismCoalition
    on 2023-10-17 16:51

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    by truenordicwolf
    on 2023-10-17 12:57

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    by Eonigg
    on 2023-10-17 09:22

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    by Crossarius
    on 2023-10-17 05:13

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    by Zhuriel
    on 2023-10-17 02:16

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    by Boey
    on 2023-10-16 18:25

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    by Roger Denton
    on 2023-10-16 17:28

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    by TrueBW3
    on 2023-10-16 14:35

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    by Demonic_myst
    on 2023-10-16 14:28
    how is this not already a feature the sites about world building is it not isn't timeline eras a part of world building itself

  • +300

    by Ricowitz
    on 2023-10-16 06:58

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    by Pyromantiic
    on 2023-10-16 03:43

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    by Rawilow
    on 2023-10-15 17:50

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    by A Wild Dimensional Horror
    on 2023-10-15 14:44

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    by erion keyn
    on 2023-10-15 14:04

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    by Silviooooooo
    on 2023-10-15 07:52

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    by SirFibbles
    on 2023-10-15 07:43

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    by Thatthing117
    on 2023-10-15 03:25

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    by Hotshot922
    on 2023-10-14 19:26

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    by Mimmi48
    on 2023-10-14 08:30

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    by Slinkadath
    on 2023-10-13 20:37

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    by Scritch
    on 2023-10-13 15:23

  • +300

    by Willow H.R. Harper
    on 2023-10-13 06:34

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    by Emptian
    on 2023-10-13 05:37

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    by TheExodus
    on 2023-10-13 04:22

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    by MasterTamari
    on 2023-10-13 03:43

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    by RoboticGuardian
    on 2023-10-13 00:19

  • +300

    by Fel Valron
    on 2023-10-12 21:40
    There are some work arounds, but a more defiend system would be helpful.

  • +300

    by Kal Onski
    on 2023-10-12 20:49

  • +300

    by namako
    on 2023-10-12 13:47

  • +300

    by AJisAJ
    on 2023-10-12 08:36
    Please. Please, I have so many ages and timelines and I just need to have more control over it.

  • +300

    by Helvid
    on 2023-10-12 01:25

  • +100

    by beeffilledshark
    on 2023-10-11 21:05

  • +1

    by Khonsu92
    on 2023-10-11 20:20

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    by DMFW
    on 2023-10-11 11:35
    This one does need some thought to deliver a solution that allows timelines to use calendars and set era dates as we'd all like but I have a number of timelines where I have to manually override every date, even though all I want is to do is offset them against UTD and I don't even need anything complicated like scaling of years (where I accept that might be more work than WA can reasonably do in terms of scope creep on the complexity). Manual derivation of all display dates on a timeline is a bit tedious and I'd love it if timelines could just do at least a simple offset calc for me at presentation time, so I just enter my dates as UTD dates and it works out the display dates. It would save me a lot of effort and eliminate any human error in deriving the display date. I'm not settled even in my own mind about the best way to do what everyone wants here, but I'm definitely putting some coins into a "can it be thought about" box...

  • +1

    by imJustOtter
    on 2023-10-11 03:35

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    by A Mischievous Dimensional Horror
    on 2023-10-11 00:49

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    by Tiberius Fursten
    on 2023-10-10 21:22

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    by Writing Bishop
    on 2023-10-10 19:24

  • +300

    by michaelthominks
    on 2023-10-10 19:00
    This would also open up other creative options for timelines, I think.

  • +1

    by Schrubbi
    on 2023-10-10 17:43

  • +100

    by Tijmuhn
    on 2023-10-10 16:16

  • +300

    by RR.Necro
    on 2023-10-10 14:09
    it would help with setting up a unique timeline

  • +300

    by aetherith
    on 2023-10-10 13:04

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    by DeadLung
    on 2023-10-10 11:28

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    by evieebun125
    on 2023-10-10 00:12

  • +300

    by Malkenar
    on 2023-10-09 14:18

  • +300

    by A Revolutionary Unicorn
    on 2023-10-09 07:29
    Please yes! The more flexibility in times and eras the better.

  • +300

    by xSpazztic
    on 2023-10-09 04:11

  • +300

    by InCeruleanInk
    on 2023-10-08 15:32

  • +300

    by anc789sims
    on 2023-10-08 15:12

  • +100

    by DesNordlund
    on 2023-10-08 09:33
    I have odd measures of time as well. I used the option to write any text for the timeline, but overall it would be a great idea to offer the ability to be more flexible with the calendar. Not all worlds use year, months, weeks in our way.

  • +300

    by Niels Brown
    on 2023-10-08 05:49

  • +300

    by Kittymonster
    on 2023-10-08 05:24

  • +300

    by jdfourth
    on 2023-10-07 19:56

  • +300

    by tim-in-a-box
    on 2023-10-07 19:37

  • +100

    by maotatoe
    on 2023-10-07 18:35

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    by eatmoreyogurt
    on 2023-10-07 16:55

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    by Dungeon_builder14
    on 2023-10-07 14:34

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    by TheNamesJonas
    on 2023-10-07 14:19

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    by vedosis
    on 2023-10-07 13:16

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    by Vaanik
    on 2023-10-07 10:48

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    by ZeitStorm
    on 2023-10-06 23:01

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    by F1ak
    on 2023-10-06 17:14

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    by Sirjwinsalot
    on 2023-10-06 16:26
    This would be very helpful. I am not yet fully familiar with the current world anvil system, so operator error could be a thing for me. Even so, I find that when I use timelines with my current world, which possesses 3 or more eras, I list an event under lets just say 1First Era as the number and it puts it under 1 Second ERA and 1 Third Era. This event only occurred once and I can't delete it from one era without deleting it from all. Thank you world anvil team for your consideration of this problem.

  • +300

    by A Thundering Hobbit
    on 2023-10-06 15:18

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    by brnbyg
    on 2023-10-06 11:58
    Worldanvil wants UTD to be your main reader-facing timeline for some stupid reason, instead of using it as an under-the-hood reference timeline that your "real" timelines/eras connect to. If they just do that all the confusion with timelines would be fixed.

  • +300

    by A Cute Mlem
    on 2023-10-06 11:19

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    by RibenLARP
    on 2023-10-06 08:46

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    by Ratha
    on 2023-10-06 04:32

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    by MKHETH II
    on 2023-10-06 04:07

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    by QuinnAshe
    on 2023-10-06 03:02

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    by Scalenex
    on 2023-10-06 01:42

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    by EkalMaker20
    on 2023-10-05 23:06

  • +300

    by Timesync
    on 2023-10-05 22:49
    I too need this feature as my world has five eras and doing the calculations is annoying.

  • +300

    by Jdab99
    on 2023-10-05 20:15

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