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Dates in 40k; How do you do 'em
Topic Started: 30 Jan 2011, 01:36 PM (515 Views)
# Marovian
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Quick couple of questions for some fluff I am writing:

1) How do they write the date in the Imperium? I know they do the year like this 941.M41 (941st year of the 41st Millenium), but how do they write days? Is it another number so like this: 274941.M41 (279th day, 941st year, 41st millenium) or something else?

2) What is the CURRENT date in the 40k world? I read somewhere it is thought to be 002.M42 or is it something else?
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Mr.Hobbit
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p126-7 of the rule book,
dont really give days but "year fractions" instead of 1000 segments in each year.
e.g 150.921.M41 (150th fraction, 921st year ,41st millenium)
though don't see what is wrong with adding date to this if it suits you.
"current" time seems to be 750.M41 onwards so could be anything near that.
hope this helps.
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Mr.Hobbit
1 Feb 2011, 06:42 PM
p126-7 of the rule book,
dont really give days but "year fractions" instead of 1000 segments in each year.
e.g 150.921.M41 (150th fraction, 921st year ,41st millenium)
though don't see what is wrong with adding date to this if it suits you.
"current" time seems to be 750.M41 onwards so could be anything near that.
hope this helps.
The format is this: 0 123 456 M41 = Check Number/Year Fraction/Year/Millennium.

The check number refers to the accuracy of the date, required for clarity due to the common distortions of subjective linear time which occur while within the Warp, and inaccuracies in timing on remote or isolated Imperial worlds and star systems. Check numbers are listed using the following numeric classes:
Class: 0/1 - Earth Standard Date. Referring to an event which happened within the Sol System. "0" is most commonly used to refer to an event which actually occured on Terra.
Class: 2 - Direct. The source for the event the date records was in direct psychic contact with the Sol System or Terra when the date reference was made.
Class: 3 - Indirect. The source for the event the date records was in direct contact with a Class 2 source, though not the Sol System itself.
Class: 4 - Corroborated. The source for the event the date records was in contact with a Class 3 source.
Class: 5 - Sub-Corroborated. The source for the event the date records is in direct psychic contact with a corroborated source.
Class: 6 - Non-referenced, 1 year. The source for the event the date records is not in contact with a Class 0 to 5 source when the date reference was made, though it is a continuation of a timeline referenced by a Class 0 to 5 source.
Class: 7 - Non-referenced, 10 years. As with Class 6 sources, but with a greater time span to allow for larger inaccuracies.
Class: 8 - Non-referenced, 11+ years. As Class 7, though unsourced for a longer period of time.
Class: 9 - Approximation. For when worlds using a non-Imperial calendar must reference an event in that world's history.

For record-keeping, each year is divided into 1000 equal parts, numbered 001-000. Note that this is not generally used by Imperial citizens in everyday life, but is simply for administrative use by the Adeptus Terra.



In the year 999.M41, was the 13th Black Crusade, meaning anything that happens past that date technically takes place in the 42nd Millenium. I can't imagine them changing the name of the game to Warhammer 41,000, though.
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# Marovian
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Thanks guys. I don't have the big rule book, just the small one that comes with AoBR, so that is a great help.
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does i smell fluff for bee-eff-gee?
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Yep, and not just that, but my own little corner of the 40k universe.
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