Jevian Years

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Overview

Jevian Years are units of time used in the Allied Empire of Jey that serve the same purpose as the common Gregorian Year, according to the Gregorian Calendar. The Jevian year is approximately 1/6 the length of a Gregorian Year, consisting of 2 full months (60 days) of Gregorian Time.

Beginnings and Adoption

Jevian Years began approximately the year 693 C.E. in the Gregorian Calendar, the year in which, according to Jevian Mythology, the god Zesa was born. Upon the founding of the Allied Empire, emperor Drew Domz created the Jevian Calendar out of respect for the new independence of his nation, and applied it as the National Calendar starting from the mythological birth of Zesa up until that moment.

Usage

Jevian Years have no months, as they would be incredibly short periods of time and utterly useless. Instead, each Jevian year is split into an "A" or "B" section of the year. So, the listing of a Jevian date would appear as such:

15A, 4155

This displays the day 15 of the first half of the Jevian Year 4155. Each half year contains 30 days. Upon the completion of day 30B of a year, a new Jevian Year is born.

Current Application

The monthly and daily usage of the Jevian Calendar has been extremely unpopular in the Allied Empire and very rarely used. The application of the Jevian Year has been on a steep decline since its implementation and most citizens recognize only the year number of the calendar, and instead recognize the different months and days of the Gregorian Calendar. The calendar has seen such little usage that the official governmental holidays are listed in the Gregorian months: January, February, etc. To keep other countries abreast of the current date in Jey, the Gregorian dates and months are commonly used instead of the Jevian days, such as:

January 1, 4155

or

January 1, 2006 (4155 JY)

The Jevian Calendar can also seem rather confusing for some foreign citizens as 6 Jevian Years pass in the same amount of time as 1 Gregorian Year. The dates

January 1, 4155

and

April 1, 4156

are in fact part of the same Gregorian Year, which has led to numerous calls for the abolition of the Jevian calendar and the implementation of the Gregorian.

Calls for Change

Numerous political parties have considered the possibility for the implementation of the Gregorian calendar as opposed to the Jevian, and each proposal has gained slightly more support then the previous, leading many to believe that the days are numbered for the Jevian Calendar.