Community Suggestion: Add Months and Days to Eras
Add Months and Days to Eras
Feature Upgrade · Timelines · Created by TimesChu
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Timelines Eras Era Timeline Day Month Upgrade
At present, if you wish to create a new Era in a Timeline, that Era can not overlap with the end of a previous Era. This is a problem because it assumes that every Era begins on New Years Day of the following year. To demonstrate why this is a problem, let's assume an Era ends in June of 1098. In order to create another Era, it must begin in 1099, meaning there is a 6 month period simply unaccounted for. If a king were to die, for example, the reign of his successor would be delayed to the following year, even if the new king took office immediately.
If Months and Days were added to the Era Creation tool, it would solve this problem. We would no longer have to work around the "This date overlaps with era: [X]" error, and we would be able to be much more accurate with our timelines.
Follow up
Sadly, this suggestion did not reach enough votes in time, and 10,803 points is not enough to get any serious attention.
Thank you, World Anvil Team. Sorry for jumping the gun on assuming the suggestion had failed to grab your attention.
The Team's Response
Thanks for your suggestion! The reason this happens is because, due to how the timescale mode is designed, events and eras are displayed year-by-year; if two things happen in the same year, even if it's in different months, they display in the same area. That being said, we'll look into tweaking the system so that an era can end on the same year the next one starts. Specifying months and days will come later. Regarding your follow-up—please note that, regardless of the votes a suggestion gets, we read, consider and address all of them. The amount of votes simply let us know how much interest from the community theres (which is still very important!)
Current score
44/300 Votes · +10803 points
Votes Cast
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by ElFunkler
on 2024-09-26 17:17 -
+300
by Rumengol
on 2024-09-25 15:36 -
+300
by cow2face
on 2024-09-25 08:50 -
+300
by Razhea
on 2024-09-25 07:00 -
+300
by TheDoctor292
on 2024-09-25 02:01 -
+1
by Fociño
on 2024-09-23 02:08It startled me that this was not implemented. One of the main reasons one may want World Anvil is to have a clear vision of these things that are hard to keep in mind. Why Chronicles have no Ages, though?
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+300
by MrGunn
on 2024-09-21 23:52I agree, I have orphaned timelines entries because I want history items on either side of year zero to overlap.
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by imly2k
on 2024-09-21 15:59 -
+300
by fwalton
on 2024-09-20 22:04 -
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by JuicyJ
on 2024-09-19 16:28 -
+300
by storyauthor
on 2024-09-19 02:07 -
+300
by YngAnvil1
on 2024-09-18 16:53 -
+300
by RunicIllusionist
on 2024-09-17 20:25 -
+300
by A Mischievous Dwarf
on 2024-09-17 03:40 -
+1
by Amancham
on 2024-09-16 10:27 -
+100
by PoppaeaSabina
on 2024-09-16 07:22 -
+100
by GreyMireSkald
on 2024-09-15 04:14 -
+300
by Kostaki80
on 2024-09-14 04:09 -
+300
by A Beloved Kobold
on 2024-09-12 10:44 -
+100
by P.L.M.K.
on 2024-09-11 21:50 -
+300
by A Wild Orc
on 2024-09-11 04:52 -
+300
by Rilameth
on 2024-09-10 14:24 -
+300
by Yorin Luz
on 2024-09-09 21:42 -
+300
by Chairman Goodchild
on 2024-09-09 14:51I came here to make this suggestion, and here it already is. I'm glad to see support for this, as the lack of this feature is really causing problems with my timeline.
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+300
by Gaëlle S.
on 2024-09-09 13:27 -
+300
by SrSpaceCadet
on 2024-09-09 06:45 -
+300
by A Adorable Mimic
on 2024-09-08 19:40 -
+300
by mdconant
on 2024-09-08 15:47 -
+100
by Mme88
on 2024-09-08 04:03 -
+100
by tjtrewin
on 2024-09-08 02:07 -
+100
by A Uncontrollable Goblin
on 2024-09-07 08:54 -
+300
by Willow H.R. Harper
on 2024-09-06 15:24 -
+300
by LadyVann
on 2024-09-06 00:17 -
+300
by ArcadiusPrime
on 2024-09-05 23:59https://www.worldanvil.com/w/lithandrel-arcadiusprime/a/delain-bacara-person
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+100
by WeStanNikolai
on 2024-09-04 07:52I get why it's only spanning years so far, but I don't see how adding months/days could be a net negative. Good idea!
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+300
by kaixabu
on 2024-09-03 15:25 -
+100
by Michael Chandra
on 2024-09-03 06:28I agree, and I do believe the Age of Elves ended at a specific moment.
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+300
by Ratha
on 2024-09-03 02:52I have this problem, too. I never understood the logic of the era system here- eras in real life don't neatly begin/end at the beginning/end of the year, so why is it that way here?
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+300
by Mekachu04
on 2024-09-02 23:27 -
+300
by JoellaKay
on 2024-09-02 19:09 -
+300
by JetpackMonkey
on 2024-09-02 12:37 -
+1
by A Filthy Mlem
on 2024-09-02 11:00 -
+300
by bphilippe
on 2024-09-02 06:27 -
+100
by DesNordlund
on 2024-09-02 05:49As someone who has an odd calendar, I'm a huge fan of promoting flexibility when it comes to these things.
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+300
by TimesChu
on 2024-09-02 04:43
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