40k+Dating+system

This document explains how the dates in Warhammer 40000 work, this is also how the dates will be formatted for the timeline program.

1546999.M41
 * 1) ### ### .M ##

//*Timeline: The more of this information that you can enter the more accurate the event on the timeline will appear you should always try to at least get blue and yellow (999.M41)//

Yellow is the millennium: We're playing in the 37th millennium so we'll probably only use M37 Blue is the year in the millennium. Values: 0 - 999 Red is the year fraction. Values: 0 - 999 Green is the check number. Values: 0 - 9

Check number definitions:
 * 0/1: Earth standard date.** Referring to an event happened within the Sol system of Segmentum Solar.
 * 2: Direct.** Source in direct psychic contact with Earth when date reference was made.
 * 3: Indirect.** The source is in direct psychic contact with a class 2 source, but not Earth.
 * 4: Corroborated.** The source is in direct psychic contact with a class 3 source, but not a class 0/1 or 2 source.
 * 5: Sub-corroborated.** The source is in direct psychic contact with any corroborated source.
 * 6: Non-referenced 1 year.** No psychic contact with a class 1-5 source when the reference is made. The reference does belong to a sequence beginning or ending with a date with a class 1-5 source. the sourced time period is less that 1 standard year.
 * 7: Non-referenced 10 years.** This is an sourced date in the same way as a class 6 date but an sourced period of 1-10 years.
 * 8: Non-referenced more than 10 years.** This is an sourced date as for 7 but for an sourced sequence of more than 10 years.
 * 9:** An approximated date with no fixed coordinates at either end of a sequence, or a date drawn from non-Imperially dated references.