Re: Krynnspace inconsistency

On Feb 8, 2007, at 3:11 AM, Paul Westermeyer wrote:

>>> You can find this, with footnotes, in my timeline.
>>
>> Thanks Paul. I had forgotten that you had made this (doh!). It is  
>> really fantastic! I hope that Static includes it in a SJCS PDF at  
>> some point in the future. (I can see myself sitting down with a  
>> calculator to convert all the dates to DL and FR dates to make it  
>> easier to compare this timeline to the DLCS (and FRCS). I'd like  
>> to work out when *all* the empires and organisations on Ansalon  
>> (and after that Talidas) were at their peek (and therefore more  
>> likely to have some sort of presence in the rest of Krynnspace).
>
> 5043 OC=581 CY=358 AC=1361 DR=2611 Shou=465 AV=856 TU=9/1299 AC
>
> If you have that and know the calender no sweat.  for example, for  
> Krynnspace, post-cataclysm.  5043-358=4685.  So, to discover the AC  
> Krynn date of an OC event, just subtract 4685 from the OC event.
>
> Example: 5049 OC; 5049-4685= 364, so 5049 OC = 364 AC
>
> Just reverse that to get the OC date from an AC date.
>
> Example: 383 AC; 383 + 4685= 5068 ie 5068 OC

You know, it might be useful to have a very simple Java calendar  
converter on Beyond the Moons, so that you could change any one of  
those dates and the rest would auto-calculate to conform.  I'd be  
willing to take a crack at it (though I'm sure it would be effortless  
for at least someone on this list).

- Benjamin Winkler