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The '''Military Calendar''' is the standard timekeeping calendar used by the [[UNSC]] and virtually all the [[human]] military. Based off of the [[Wikipedia:Gregorian Calendar|Gregorian Calendar]] of the 16th century, the Military Calendar records the same twelve months and keeps the previous systems of counting years. | |||
The '''Military Calendar''' is the standard timekeeping calendar used by the [[UNSC]] and virtually all of the [[human]] military. Based off of the [[Wikipedia:Gregorian Calendar|Gregorian Calendar]] of the 16th century, the Military Calendar records the same twelve months and keeps the previous systems of counting years. | |||
==Purpose== | ==Purpose== | ||
The Gregorian Calendar is based primarily off of the time it takes [[Earth]] to orbit [[ | The Gregorian Calendar is based primarily off of the time it takes [[Earth]] to orbit [[Sol]] one time. This became a major problem once humans left Earth; every planet makes one full orbit at different speeds. Since a Year is defined as the time it takes the planet to orbit its star, timekeeping became nonuniform. | ||
For example, it takes Earth approximately 365.25 days to orbit the sun, while it takes [[Mars]] 686.96 days to make the same orbit. The Military Calendar is intended to standardize the definition of a year and a month throughout the UNSC controlled space in keeping with the Sol definition. | For example, it takes Earth approximately 365.25 days to orbit the sun, while it takes [[Mars]] 686.96 days to make the same orbit. The Military Calendar is intended to standardize the definition of a year and a month throughout the UNSC controlled space in keeping with the Sol definition. | ||
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The Military Calendar uses two timekeeping systems to standardize the definition of a day, they are [[Military Standard Time]] and an anonymous "month-percentage" time system. | The Military Calendar uses two timekeeping systems to standardize the definition of a day, they are [[Military Standard Time]] and an anonymous "month-percentage" time system. | ||
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