[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#2596) Re: Nondenominational calendar patch

["cameron@xxxxxxxxxx via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:39:38AM -0800, Sam Barnett-Cormack via RT wrote:
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> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, cameron@xxxxxxxxxx via RT wrote:
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> > Here's a thought: why not have a bunch of different calendar systems,
> > and have them be nation-specific? The Romans based their calendar on
> > the foundation of Rome by Romulus and Remus, 2754 years ago (753 BC).
> > Christians base their calendar on the coming of Christ 2001 years ago
> > (1 AD), and Muslims base their calendar on the coming of Muhammad 1380
> > years ago (622 AD). The Jewish calendar appears to be based on the
> > formation of the world by God, 5763 years ago (3762 BC). (How
> > convenient.) Mayan dates are rather bizarre, but there exist tools to
> > decipher them <http://www.pauahtun.org/cgi-bin/gregmaya.py>.
> 
> While that would be very nice (user-configurable in the client would be
> best), it's rather a lot of work for one developer. You volunteering?

I hadn't intended to, and we certainly need to determine more
precisely what is desired. I guess we need a function that generates a
string representation of any given year, then each nation ruleset file
lists which calendar generation function is appropriate. I wasn't
thinking that there would be any configurability in the client, so it
would simply be part of the "ambience" of playing a nation.

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