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Earth's calendar as default calendar for new worlds

Feature Upgrade · Calendars · Created by MKHETH II
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Sometimes I want to make a world that takes place on Earth, with a normal Earth calendar; but I don't want to go through and set every single day and month. I think having Earth's default calendar set up automatically for new worlds would alleviate this issue.   If you want a custom calendar you can just edit or delete the default calendar.

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im keeping this open so others can find what A Goodhearted Kobold linked   https://www.worldanvil.com/w/well-of-ages
hell yeah

The Team's Response

Thanks for your suggestion! The Gregorian calendar won't be added as a universal default because many world don't use it (even on Earth, many present-days cultures have different calendars). That said, we're accepting this because a future planned update will let you quickly choose a predefined calendar (including Gregorian) from a list instead of having to create it from scratch, and this should address the issue you described.   In the meantime, the Well of Ages is indeed a fantastic resource created by Graylion that has many calendars you can just import into your world: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/well-of-ages.
Current score

23/300 Votes · +996 points

Votes Cast

  • +300

    by HouseMech
    on 2024-03-12 01:22
  • +100

    by cobalt1917
    on 2024-03-11 17:20
  • +100

    by hihi25e
    on 2024-03-07 16:55
    I think not making it the default, but having it as an option when you first open the calendar menu on a world would help a lot especially for newer writers
  • -300

    by HollieDaye
    on 2024-03-07 04:14
  • -1

    by Amancham
    on 2024-03-01 11:18
  • +300

    by A Adorable Skeleton
    on 2024-02-29 21:02
  • -100

    by [email protected]
    on 2024-02-29 20:43
  • -1

    by Autumn Fae
    on 2024-02-29 18:34
    I agree with A Goodheart Kobold. If you make it a choice to select it would be great for those who use the Gregorian calendar. I prefer to create my own calendar so this would mean it would be a painful task of having to delete it all and start afresh if it was made default.
  • +300

    by Rangersyl
    on 2024-02-29 07:54
  • -100

    by 13Leagues
    on 2024-02-28 21:06
  • +1

    by Jdbran11
    on 2024-02-26 21:36
  • +300

    by Telarn
    on 2024-02-26 10:36
  • -1

    by graiffe
    on 2024-02-25 21:14
    Just because of the well of ages giving this out for free makes me think that it might go overlooked and not fit with someone's world, but maybe as one of the checkable options on the start menu.
  • -1

    by Tillerz
    on 2024-02-23 16:38
    What several others said. You can just copy in a JSON file from the mentioned world and there you go, working calendar. No editing of every day/month required. WHAT I'd wish though is a proper mention on the "edit calendars" page where to find calendars for import.
  • -100

    by tjtrewin
    on 2024-02-22 16:26
  • +100

    by kaixabu
    on 2024-02-22 10:44
  • -1

    by JoellaKay
    on 2024-02-21 19:08
    I agree that having documentation on how to load the json for an existing calendar would be handy to have. (I didn't see that on either the World Anvil codex page or the Well of Ages.) But the json for the Gregorian calendar does exist on the Well of Ages and the World Anvil codex page does have link to the Well of Ages. And having a default Gregorian calendar would be a huge nuisance for me.
  • +300

    by YngAnvil1
    on 2024-02-21 18:55
    Unless I’m just dumb, I found copy and pasting the Gregorian calendar very difficult. I could not find a copy and paste and I put it in my world manually.
  • -100

    by PatheticBarrel
    on 2024-02-21 12:59
  • -100

    by A Rambunctious Cthulhu
    on 2024-02-21 11:45
  • -300

    by A Uncontrollable Cthulhu
    on 2024-02-21 11:01
    What the goodhearted kobold said
  • -300

    by A Goodhearted Kobold
    on 2024-02-21 05:48
    This is a bad idea. Making Earth's calendar the default would be just as frustrating for people who want custom calendars as you're experiencing now. However, there is an option so you can just copy-paste the json for a calendar to import to your world. Check out Well of Ages- https://www.worldanvil.com/w/well-of-ages They've got both the Gregorian Calendar and the International Fixed Calendar, as well as a few other popular fantasy calendars.
  • +300

    by A Roaring Mimic
    on 2024-02-20 23:36
  • +300

    by MKHETH II
    on 2024-02-20 22:27