Forum:Dating Systems

I'm thinking of a standard system of writing dates within articles. I usually write my dates like this:

" 188 (5th) ", which usually comes out as 188 (5th).

I think this should be a standard form of writing dates in RS. If you want to include the day and month, it could go like this:

" 5th Pentember, 188 (5th) " which makes 5th Pentember, 188 (5th).

Any thoughts?

Andrew 16:41, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't think there should be a standard system for dates, because people (at least I would) would forget, and some people(at least I'm not) isn't familiar with RuneScape month stuff, and the same with ages, I might be talking for myself, but I wouldn't use it, it should be something you can use if you want, but not mandatory. 17:36, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Why not MM DD -th (et al.), YYY (A -th [et al.]) So it would turn out: Rintra 1st, 234 (5th.) It's the standard U.S. dating system and it works really well.20:33, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I think the date format should be up to the author as long as it is legible. Gielinor's calendar is also... Rather tricky and confusing. It's easier to just use Earth's. 06:42, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Ugozima, I think you are forgetting:

Andrew 17:00, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * JaGex is British, so such a system would be used.
 * The USA (and Canada, I think) are the only states in the world that use those dates. Everyone else uses DD/MM/YYYY.

No, I know both of those facts. I just think it's easier. 20:49, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't bother using the RS calender at all. Its way easier using Earth's one, so to me one RuneScape year is 365 days. IMO, an age is just a thousand years. The evil dude 16:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)