Calendar
The calendar command shows you what day it is on Discworld, and can also show you when a particular Discworld date is. Used with no arguments, it shows you the dates that will appear over the next seven real-world days.
Using the command
There are several available syntaxes:
calendar
calendar [the] <day> [of] <month> {Prime|prime|Secundus|secundus|1|2} <year>
calendar <month> {Prime|prime|Secundus|secundus|1|2} [the] <day> <year>
calendar [the] <day> [of] <month> {Prime|prime|Secundus|secundus|1|2}
calendar <month> {Prime|prime|Secundus|secundus|1|2} [the] <day>
calendar <start> <finish>
calendar <special day> <year>
calendar <days>
calendar today
calendar <special day>
The first option shows the Discworld dates that will appear over the next seven real-world days, and when.
The next four options show when a specified Discworld date will begin and end.
The sixth option shows the Discworld dates that will appear over the next n days, where n is a number you specify:
> calendar 2
Wed Aug 5 2009: Monday 21st Grune Prime, UC 2026.
[06:00] Tuesday 22nd Grune Prime, UC 2026.
[13:12] Wednesday 23rd Grune Prime, UC 2026.
[20:24] Thursday 24th Grune Prime, UC 2026.
Thu Aug 6 2009:
[03:36] Friday 25th Grune Prime, UC 2026.
[10:48] Saturday 26th Grune Prime, UC 2026.
[18:00] Sunday 27th Grune Prime, UC 2026.
The seventh and tenth options show when a specified special day will begin and end.
The eighth option shows the Discworld dates that will appear between a certain number of days from now, <start>, and a certain number of days from now, <finish>:
> calendar 2 3
Fri Aug 7 2009: Sunday 27th Grune Prime, UC 2026.
[01:12] Octeday 28th Grune Prime, UC 2026.
[08:24] Monday 29th Grune Prime, UC 2026.
[15:36] Tuesday 30th Grune Prime, UC 2026.
[22:48] Wednesday 31st Grune Prime, UC 2026.
Sat Aug 8 2009:
[06:00] Thursday 1st August Prime, UC 2026.
[13:12] Friday 2nd August Prime, UC 2026.
[20:24] Saturday 3rd August Prime, UC 2026.
The ninth option shows the Discworld dates for today.
The months
There are thirteen Discworld months:
- Offle
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- Grune
- August
- Spune
- Sektober
- Ember
- December
- Ick
The seasons
There are eight main seasons on the Disc:
- Spring Prime: lasts from
- Summer Prime: lasts from 21st Grune Prime
- Autumn Prime: lasts from
- Winter Prime: lasts from
- Spring Secundus: lasts from
- Summer Secundus: lasts from
- Autumn Secundus: lasts from
- Winter Secundus: lasts from
There are also three Djelian seasons:
- Seedtime: lasts from ?? until ??
- Innundation: lasts from 21st Grune Prime until ?
- Sog: lasts from ?? until ??
Special days
The Discworld has a number of special days, which are celebrated in various ways:
- Hogswatchday - Friday 1st Offle Prime
- Crueltideday - Friday 1st Offle Secundus
- Small Gods Day - Friday 16th Grune
- Soul Cake Tuesday - Tuesday 23rd August
- Sektober Fools' Day - Tuesday 1st Sektober
