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UnReal World's year consists of 364 days which can be divided into 52 weeks, 12 months, 4 quarters, or winter and summer seasons. Weeks consists of 7 days and each month has 30 days. In effect, the game year only consists of 360 days and the extra days are taken from the weeks before midwinter and midsummer points, which have only 5 days.

Months are named in the following way:

Seasons Months (RL) Months (UrW) Starting day of the month Info
SUMMER




April Swidden Day 2 of 2nd week before summer season Ice melts, first day of spring

May Seedtime Day 4 of 11th week before midsummer point (Summer point 1st of Seedtime) Drying no longer possible

June Fallow Day 6 of 7th week before midsummer point First day of summer

July Hay Day 1 of 2nd week before midsummer point (Midsummer point ~14th of Hay)

August Harvest Day 5 of 11th week before winter season First day of autumn

September Fall Day 7 of 7th week before winter season
WINTER




October Dirt Day 2 of 2nd week before winter season (Winter point ~12th of Dirt) Drying becomes possible

November Dead Day 4 of 11th week before midwinter point Ice freezes, first day of winter

December Winter Day 6 of 7th week before midwinter point Snow falls, time to wear skis

January Center Day 1 of 2nd week before midwinter point (Midwinter point ~14th of Center)

February Pearl Day 5 of 11th week before summer season

March Soil Day 7 of 7th week before summer season

In game year = 364 days = 52 weeks

Half year = 182 days = 26 weeks

Quarter = 91 days = 13 weeks

Marking of Time (Encyclopedia entry)

Seasonal and climatic factors are of crucial importance for people who live off the land.
As Unreal World simulates a more ancient time that is more tied to the seasons, it also
marks in-game time differently. The old northern calendar and concept of the year we use
goes as follows:

The year is divided into two halves, summer and winter.
These halves are marked respectively by a midsummer and a midwinter point, creating four
quarters of the year. Each quarter of the year is of equal length consisting of 13 weeks
of 7 days each, for a total of 364 days in one year.

Time is also marked by twelve lunar months named to remind people about seasonal work and
duties at hand, or natural phenomenons about to take place.

People count down weeks from one quarter to the next. The beginning of a quarter is marked
as week 13. As weeks pass, the count is decreased marking the approach of the next quarter.
Counting weeks in reverse between the quarters comes from people's need to be aware of how
close the next transition period is - as changing of quarters is particularly magical time.
At the beginning of each new quarter, the people renew the count at 13 weeks.

The following month names are in use. They are correlated with Julian calendar names and
equivalent northern-hemisphere seasons for reference.

Summer:

Swidden month, Seedtime month, Fallow month   (Spring: April, May, June)
Hay month, Harvest month, Fall month,         (Summer:   July, August, September)
Winter: Dirt month, Dead month, Winter month          (Autumn: October, November, December)
Center month, Pearl month, Soil month         (Winter: January, February, March)


Week Calendar

The week calendar starts at midwinter point. Winter months are marked in blues and summer months are in greens.

Week day Month
13th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Center
12th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Center
11th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Center / Pearl
10th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pearl
9th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pearl
8th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pearl
7th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pearl / Soil
6th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Soil
5th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Soil
4th before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Soil
3rd before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Soil
2nd before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Soil / Swidden
1st before summer season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Swidden
13th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Swidden
12th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Swidden
11th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Swidden / Seedtime
10th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Seedtime
9th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Seedtime
8th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Seedtime
7th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Seedtime / Fallow
6th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fallow
5th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fallow
4th before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fallow
3rd before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fallow
2nd before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hay
1st before midsummer point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hay
13th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hay
12th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hay
11th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hay / Harvest
10th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harvest
9th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harvest
8th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harvest
7th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harvest / Fall
6th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fall
5th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fall
4th before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fall
3rd before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fall / Dirt
2nd before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dirt
1st before winter season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dirt
13th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dirt
12th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dirt
11th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dirt / Dead
10th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dead
9th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dead
8th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dead
7th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dead / Winter
6th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Winter
5th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Winter
4th before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Winter
3rd before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Winter
2nd before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Center
1st before midwinter point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Center