[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#2591) Re: Re: (PR#2596) Re: Nondenominational calendar patch

["Sam Barnett-Cormack via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, cameron@xxxxxxxxxx via RT wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:39:38AM -0800, Sam Barnett-Cormack via RT wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, cameron@xxxxxxxxxx via RT wrote:
> >
> > > 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.

With Eric's suggestions, it would be meaningless unless it wash a player
option - although the 'ambience' point is good - a default for each
nation, maybe?

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Sam Barnett-Cormack