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[[Category:Lore]]
[[Category:Lore]]
{{As Of Patch|2.0.192.0}}
{{As Of Patch|2.0.192.0}}
Caves of Qud uses an idiosyncratic system of measuring time. The base measurement the game uses is referred to as a TimeTick(also referred to as game ticks in this article). Each TimeTick can be generally considered to be an ingame turn at 100 [[quickness]].
Caves of Qud uses an idiosyncratic system of measuring time. The base measurement the game uses is referred to as a TimeTick (also referred to as game ticks in this article). Each TimeTick can be generally considered to be an ingame turn at 100 [[quickness]].


There are 24 hours in a day, and 50 game ticks in an hour.
There are 24 hours in a day, and 50 game ticks in an hour.
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PP is an alternate era name used in {{favilink|Frivolous Lives, Vol. I}}, which denotes the rule before the 6 sultans. Like BR, the years in PP count backwards. The author denotes PP as "prior [to] publication". The specific year in which Frivolous Lives was published is unknown, but since it references Abram I as ruling from '100?-97?' prior to publication, this places it around 1000AR, since Resheph and Abram were contemporaneous in 3AR.<ref>[[Resheph]]</ref>
PP is an alternate era name used in {{favilink|Frivolous Lives, Vol. I}}, which denotes the rule before the 6 sultans. Like BR, the years in PP count backwards. The author denotes PP as "prior [to] publication". The specific year in which Frivolous Lives was published is unknown, but since it references Abram I as ruling from '100?-97?' prior to publication, this places it around 1000AR, since Resheph and Abram were contemporaneous in 3AR.<ref>[[Resheph]]</ref>
YK is another alternate era name used in {{favilink|Corpus Choliys}} and {{favilink|Council at Gamma Rock}}. There is no known relationship between YK and the other eras.
==Years==
One year is 13 months, 438,000 game ticks, or 365 days. At game start, the starting year is 1001 AR.


==Months==
==Months==
A month is measured in game as a length of 30 days (36,000 game ticks), except for Ut yara Ux, which is 5 days long (6,000 ticks). One year is 13 months, 438,000 game ticks, or 365 days.
A month is measured in game as a length of 30 days (36,000 game ticks), except for Ut yara Ux, which is 5 days long (6,000 ticks).


# Nivvun Ut
# Nivvun Ut
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===Ut yara Ux===
===Ut yara Ux===
Ut yara Ux was created in part for each normal month to have 30 days, with the remaining 5 days becoming Ut yara Ux. During this month, a festival takes place which its success can be a [[List of Reasons|point of contention]] among factions. Ut yara Ux is also when the [[Council at Gamma Rock|annual Wardens' Moot]] occurs.
Ut yara Ux was created in part for each normal month to have 30 days, with the remaining 5 days becoming Ut yara Ux. During this month, a festival takes place which its success can be a [[Faction relationship reasons|point of contention]] among factions. Ut yara Ux is also when the [[Council at Gamma Rock|annual Wardens' Moot]] occurs.


==Day Segments==
==Day Segments==
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== Conversions ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! timespan !! in turn ticks !! in hours !! in days !! in months<ref name="month">Any month other than Ut Yara Ux.</ref> !! in years
|-
| turn tick || 1 || 1/50 || 1/1200 || 1/36000 || 1/438000
|-
| hour || 50 || 1 || 1/24 || 1/720 || 1/8760
|-
| day || 1200 || 24 || 1 || 1/30 || 1/365
|-
| month<ref name="month"/> || 36000 || 720 || 30 || 1 || 6/73
|-
| year || 438000 || 8760 || 365 || 12 1/6 || 1
|-
| Ut Yara Ux || 6000 || 120 || 5 || 1/6 || 1/73
|}
== Trivia ==
{{Opinion}}
* The month names appear to be loosely based on the names of the Jewish calendar months.
{{References}}