The ability to create a secondary calendar with syncronized dates to your existing primary calendar
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The ability to create a secondary calendar with syncronized dates to your existing primary calendar
Feature Upgrade · Calendars · Created by yeho8
accepted
calendar multiple-calendars
The idea for the request comes from the real world, which posesses several concurrent callenders; some include the Chinese, Gregorian, and Jewish calendar which all operate differently and even have different year counts; the Jewish calendar for example is lunar and contains 13 months, with a shorter year than the Gregorian calendar which is at its 5780's rather than its 2020's.
The feature being requested is for an option to create a secondary calendar within the same interface of your main one (perhaps one set to automatically follow celestial objects?) with syncronized dates to your original calendar. Despite following a completely different system of months, with different month lengths and perhaps a different length of the year, this calendar will count up to your primary calendar's current year, display its own year count if it is different (as well as allow you to set a year stagger if the secondary calendar is older or younger), and enable events created in the two different calenders to still be reflected on one another using year 0 as a reference Without this feature anyone wishing to have multiple calendars with different month/year lengths but synchronised will have to either use a third party program, or begin engaging in complex thankless calculations simply to know when a holiday on calendar B's 3rd month would happen on calender A.
The feature being requested is for an option to create a secondary calendar within the same interface of your main one (perhaps one set to automatically follow celestial objects?) with syncronized dates to your original calendar. Despite following a completely different system of months, with different month lengths and perhaps a different length of the year, this calendar will count up to your primary calendar's current year, display its own year count if it is different (as well as allow you to set a year stagger if the secondary calendar is older or younger), and enable events created in the two different calenders to still be reflected on one another using year 0 as a reference Without this feature anyone wishing to have multiple calendars with different month/year lengths but synchronised will have to either use a third party program, or begin engaging in complex thankless calculations simply to know when a holiday on calendar B's 3rd month would happen on calender A.
The Team's Response
Thanks for your suggestion! Good news—this is already planned as part of the time update, which will bring the different time systems into alignment.
Current score
53/300 Votes · +12604 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by Zeepee
on 2024-03-28 02:16 -
+300
by Goose80
on 2024-03-28 00:06 -
+1
by vamphri
on 2024-03-27 16:32 -
+300
by Ezrageric
on 2024-03-27 01:04 -
+300
by yeti1069
on 2024-03-26 20:18I'd had the thought to do exactly this, since the society the players start in has its own calendar/timeline defined by a major event, but which is distinct from the calendar most of the rest of the world would use. However, I got overwhelmed with trying to figure out how I'd manage that and gave up on the idea.
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+300
by ThePharaoh
on 2024-03-26 07:13 -
+300
by mikawa
on 2024-03-25 20:34 -
+100
by oaster2000
on 2024-03-25 14:38 -
+300
by JetpackMonkey
on 2024-03-25 09:55 -
+300
by Writing Bishop
on 2024-03-24 20:45 -
+1
by Marine Hermitant
on 2024-03-24 15:49 -
+300
by MDarkKing
on 2024-03-24 15:48 -
+300
by themrbeasley
on 2024-03-23 21:33 -
+300
by Squiggletag
on 2024-03-23 18:27 -
+300
by Gaëlle S.
on 2024-03-23 09:04 -
+100
by MasterTamari
on 2024-03-22 20:51 -
+100
by Blossom Tree Art
on 2024-03-21 09:22 -
+300
by Nimorid
on 2024-03-20 14:30 -
+300
by Coloratuba
on 2024-03-19 18:22 -
+300
by Kurokasa
on 2024-03-19 07:40 -
+100
by donpedicinijr
on 2024-03-18 01:15 -
+100
by jswanson11
on 2024-03-15 19:39 -
+300
by ForNoRaisin
on 2024-03-15 04:17 -
+300
by amelianite
on 2024-03-14 22:01 -
+100
by Emperor.Nero
on 2024-03-14 18:44 -
+300
by Nordenclave
on 2024-03-14 08:47 -
+300
by SplendorS
on 2024-03-13 19:49 -
+300
by MichaelsMind
on 2024-03-13 19:28 -
+300
by JackLink916
on 2024-03-13 10:11 -
+300
by lordofcrebain
on 2024-03-13 07:14 -
+300
by Tilby
on 2024-03-12 20:28 -
+300
by Thadium
on 2024-03-12 02:17 -
+300
by UnknownWriter88
on 2024-03-11 09:51 -
+300
by Elowin
on 2024-03-10 13:25 -
+300
by DestinyKalpso
on 2024-03-09 19:16 -
+100
by Helen-Marie
on 2024-03-09 06:30 -
+300
by NiwdeMaster
on 2024-03-09 00:19 -
+300
by JR Kenja
on 2024-03-08 11:49 -
+300
by Milobunbun
on 2024-03-08 03:26This would be incredibly helpful! I am currently developing a world that has 4 different calendars one of which doesn't acknowledge the number 7 and being able to have them all next to each other would be super great!
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+300
by Rankstrail
on 2024-03-08 02:05 -
+300
by Scalenex
on 2024-03-08 00:40 -
+300
by NovaTerra
on 2024-03-07 22:51 -
+1
by WeStanNikolai
on 2024-03-07 20:14 -
+300
by Nightfoot
on 2024-03-07 19:55 -
+300
by JoellaKay
on 2024-03-07 19:50 -
+100
by Ratha
on 2024-03-07 18:42 -
+100
by tjtrewin
on 2024-03-07 13:57 -
+100
by Amancham
on 2024-03-07 12:56I guess this might be a lot harder to implement than what it sounds like, but it would be amazing for sure.
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+100
by PoppaeaSabina
on 2024-03-07 04:26No idea how difficult this would be to implement, but I admit it'd be interesting to see.
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+300
by A Frightened Elf
on 2024-03-07 01:55 -
+1
by romainhdl
on 2024-03-07 00:28 -
+300
by LordOther
on 2024-03-07 00:05 -
+100
by Rilameth
on 2024-03-07 00:04 -
+300
by yeho8
on 2024-03-06 19:07
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