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| The '''Covenant Battle Calendar''' was the standardized timekeeping calendar employed by the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant military|military]], intended to assist in chronological coordination between ships, units, and planets in different systems with different measures of time. It is the Covenant equivalent of the [[military calendar]] employed by the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="tf">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', p. 7</ref>
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| The calendar is measured in cycles and then broken down further into units. The calendar had been implemented and utilized by the [[San'Shyuum]] [[Reformists]] by [[876 BCE]].<ref>''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'', p. 7</ref> After the fall of the Covenant Empire in [[2552]], the calendar was still used by the [[Sangheili]].<ref name="hitd30">''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'', p. 30 (Google Play edition)</ref> The calendar also remained in use by the [[Ussans]] by 2552.<ref>''Halo: Broken Circle'', p. 204</ref> | | The '''Covenant Battle Calendar''' is the standardized timekeeping calendar employed by the [[Covenant|Covenant Military]], intended to assist in chronological coordination between ships, units and planets in different systems with different measures of time. The Battle Calendar is measured in [[Cycle|Cycles]] and then broken down further into [[Unit|Units]]. It appears to be the [[Covenant]] equivalent of the [[Military Calendar]] employed by the [[UNSC]]. |
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| ==Terms used in the calendar==
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| ===Unit===
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| A '''unit''' was a standard unit of time, comparable to an hour on [[Earth]].<ref>''Halo: The Flood'', p. 177</ref> However, the meaning of the term is dependent on the context in which it is used. A unit was a Covenant term referring to either a standard unit of measurement, which is comparable to a foot in the [[human]] [[Wikipedia:Imperial units|imperial system]].{{Ref/Reuse|tf}} Indeed, one meter is approximately equivalent to 3.3 units.<ref>''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'', Chapter 14 notes that 10 kilometers is approximately 33 thousand units. Simple math indicates one meter equals 3.3 units.</ref> A unit is also a measurement of temperature.<ref>''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'', p. 128 (Google Play edition)</ref>
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| ===Cental===
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| A cental is another unit of measurement, measured as one hundredth of a unit - and roughly equivalent to thirty six seconds. Five centals is roughly equivalent to three minutes.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HDW6|HDW|Chapter=6}}
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| ===Cycle===
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| A '''cycle''' was a Covenant unit of time based on the [[Forerunner]] temporal unit of the same name.<ref>''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'', [[Halo: Blood Line Issue 5|Issue #5]]</ref> Containing 265 units, one daily cycle is equal to a single artificial day on the Covenant's holy city of [[High Charity]].<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', p. 31</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', p. 349</ref> A '''solar cycle''', or an '''annual cycle''',{{Ref/Reuse|hitd30}} was the Covenant equivalent of a year.<ref>''Halo: Broken Circle'', p. 266</ref> Other forms of units of time included a '''weekly cycle'''<ref name="hitd54">''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'', p. 54 (Google Play edition)</ref> and a '''monthly cycle''',<ref>''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'', p. 55 (Google Play edition)</ref> with the former being similar in length to a standard [[human]] week.{{Ref/Reuse|hitd54}} This however seems rather odd, as a standard day cycle is equal to 265 hours or 11.0417 human days.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]
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| *''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]''
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| [[Category:Time]]
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| [[Category:The Covenant]] | | [[Category:The Covenant]] |
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