Oolite Bulletins

maaarcooose wrote:

How does the time display relate to standard dates?

I'm just trying to work out what format they take and how they relate.

For example, what would 25th May 3146 be in oolite time clock?

!m!

I've thought about this, too. I like Cim's idea about it being about 7700 CE (indeed 1984+5709=7693). Oolite's clock makes more sense, now, taking into consideration that there are 2120 planets, all with different rotation rates and orbital periods. According to this time scale, my main commander has been doing his thing for a little over six years .

It would make me very happy if someone did an oxp that converted the oolite "dates" to a year, month and day.

Now that the F5-F5 page is becoming scrollable the date could be shown there.

The start date could orient itself on Selezen's timeline as that one makes the most sense if anything does.

Any takers?

Cheers

L

CommRLock78 wrote:

I like Cim's idea about it being about 7700 CE (indeed 1984+5709=7693). Oolite's clock makes more sense, now, taking into consideration that there are 2120 planets, all with different rotation rates and orbital periods. According to this time scale, my main commander has been doing his thing for a little over six years .

Hm. But Oolite's clock always made this amount of sense. You can clearly see that after the day component there are 24 hours, 60 minutes, and 60 seconds. Thus it's obvious that the first number means days. And thus you could always simply calculate that day 2084369 is exactly 2084004 + 365. And thus it marks your first year in space.

So why do you need to know which Earth date 2084004 refers to, in order to add 365, and then add 365 again, and again?

Commander McLane wrote:

CommRLock78 wrote:

I like Cim's idea about it being about 7700 CE (indeed 1984+5709=7693). Oolite's clock makes more sense, now, taking into consideration that there are 2120 planets, all with different rotation rates and orbital periods. According to this time scale, my main commander has been doing his thing for a little over six years .

Hm. But Oolite's clock always made this amount of sense. You can clearly see that after the day component there are 24 hours, 60 minutes, and 60 seconds. Thus it's obvious that the first number means days. And thus you could always simply calculate that day 2084369 is exactly 2084004 + 365. And thus it marks your first year in space.

So why do you need to know which Earth date 2084004 refers to, in order to add 365, and then add 365 again, and again?

I meant the layout of the clock making sense. That 2084004 were days is quite obvious, but what isn't obvious is how that relates to earth time....
Taking [(current day - 2084004) / 365] is way easier to calculate the current year than adding 365 "again and again".