Date and time systems in your nation

[Gandoor]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? The Gregorian calendar is the sole calendar used in Gandoor.
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? The Royal Calendar was used in addition to the Gregorian calendar when Gandoor was a monarchy. The Royal Calendar was identical to the Gregorian one except it counted 1603, the first year of the monarchy, as year 1. The Royal Calendar ceased being used following the dissolution of the monarchy in 1902.
How are dates written in your nation? Day Month Year or Year Month Day

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? We use the 24-hour clock officially, although referring to times using the 12-hour clock is common among citizens.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? The 12-hour clock was officially used until 1922.
How are times written in your nation? HH.MM

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? Gandoor Western Time (UTC +10), Gandoor Central Time (UTC +11), Gandoor Eastern Time (UTC +12)
Does your nation observe DST? No.
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? Daylight savings was observed on a national level from 1935 until 1957 and the last administrative division ceased observing it in 1985.

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[b][u]Dating Systems[/u][/b]
[b]What calendar(s) does your nation currently use?[/b]
[b]What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past?[/b]
[b]How are dates written in your nation?[/b]

[b][u]Time Systems[/u][/b]
[b]What clock(s) does your nation currently use?[/b]
[b]What clock(s) has your nation used in the past?[/b]
[b]How are times written in your nation?[/b]

[b][u]Additional Questions[/u][/b]
[b]What are your nation's time zones?[/b]
[b]Does your nation observe DST?[/b]
[b]If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past?[/b]

[Chinese Peoples]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? the Gregorian Calendar and the traditional lunisolar calendar.
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Various editions of the lunisolar calendar.
How are dates written in your nation? In official documents, the year is in the founding of the Republic on the 1st Jan., 1912, which is referred to as Year 1. The month follows and then the day.

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 12-hour clock.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? China divided the day into 12 hours before the modern period, each hour lasting exactly as long as two modern ones. The day commenced on what is 11 P.M. now.
How are times written in your nation? HH:MM. Leading zeroes omitted.

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? GMT +4 to +9.
Does your nation observe DST? Some provinces do; some don't.
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? N/A.

[The Gamindustrian Union]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian calendar
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? The Odyssean/Celestian Calendar (basically this year minus 5842, and back by 4 months and 7 days), as well as the Japanese calendars
How are dates written in your nation? DD MMMM YYYY, YYYY MMMM DD or YYYY年MM月DD日 [e.g. 23 November 2016, 2016 November 23 or 2016年11月23日 (or seldom 二千十六年十一月二十三日)]

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 12 or 24-hour clock
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? 12 or 24-hour clock
How are times written in your nation? HH:MM, HH:MM AM/PM, 午前/午後HH:MM, HH時MM分 or 午前/午後HH時MM分 [e.g. 17:19, 05:19 PM, 午後05:19, 17時19分 (or seldom 十匕時十九分) or 午後05時19分 (or seldom 午後五時十九分)]

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? UTC +08:00 to +10:00
Does your nation observe DST? No
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? No

[TURTLESHROOM II]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? N/A, only crude harvest, day/night cycle, and lunar systems were used until the 1600s AD
How are dates written in your nation? MONTH-DAY-YEAR BC/AD

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? TS universally uses the twelve hour clock (including in the military), although the military is also trained to instantly recognzie "army time" (twenty four hour clock)
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? N/A
How are times written in your nation? 12:00 AM/PM

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? See above (correspondes to EST, GMT -5)
Does your nation observe DST? Yes, it "falls back" on All Saints' Day (November 1st) and "springs ahead" on March 31st
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? N/A

[Plim]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? The Plimet Calendar (Gregorian Calendar plus 17 years and 30 days).
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? No other previous calendar.
How are dates written in your nation? MM.DD.YY // MMMM DDDD, YYYYP (Ex: 11.24.33 // November 24th, 2033P)

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? Both 12, 24, and 24-hour+ (extended past midnight) equally.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? No other previous clock.
How are times written in your nation? HH^MM // HH^MM:SS (Ex: 05³⁶ // 22^18:57)

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? UTC+04:00 (Formally UTC+4)
Does your nation observe DST? No.
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? --

[Devernia]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? The Gregorian calendar. Using any other calendar without the Gregorian calendar would confuse tourists. Occasionally, we use the UNIX caldndar.
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? We used to use a fixed calendar (it's always raining in our nation and so we can't see the sun or the moon) based on careful studying of other nation's calendars.
How are dates written in your nation? MM/DD/YYYY

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 12-hours is the de facto, while 24-hours is the de jure.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? None. Again, Devernia is a cloudy nation, so we can't use sundials.
How are times written in your nation? 1:00 AM/PM

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? Devernite Standard Time (DST, UTC+8)
Does your nation observe DST? No.
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? No.

[Lancov]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian calendar.
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Both the Julian calendar and several traditional Lancovian calendars in antiquity.
How are dates written in your nation? Month Day, Year or MM/DD/YY

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? The 12 hour clock.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? Pretty much just that.
How are times written in your nation? HH:MM

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? Lancovian Coastal Time, Lancovian Steppes Time
Does your nation observe DST? No.
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? No, when it was proposed it was voted down as a ridiculous idea.

[Auzkhia]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use?
Gregorian
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past?
Before the 1582, there was the ancient Julian calendar.
How are dates written in your nation?
Day/Month/Year
Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use?
24 hour time
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past?
Sundials
How are times written in your nation?
HH:MM
Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones?
In the Metropole UTC+1, but with overseas territories: +2, +3, +10, and +12.
Does your nation observe DST?
In some parts, the European metropole does.
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past?
It was first instituted during the first great war.

[Nortainland]

The Foreign Office

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Great Nortend uses the Gregorian Calendar
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Great Nortend has used the Julian Calandar in the past.
How are dates written in your nation? Dates are written DD/MM/YYYY or Month Day Year or the Day(th) of Month, Year when written in words. AD (anno Domini) is written before the year and AC (ante Christum) after, imitating the usage of 'BC'. Dates can also be expressed in terms of the number of days until a religious holiday, such as 3 ab Christmas or 12 ab Michaelmas, or also with years being the years of a monarch's reign, as as the 6th of July in the 4th year of Catherine.

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? The 12 hour clock.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? None other.
How are times written in your nation? It is written 6·00 am or 6·00, 3·30 pm or 15·30.

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? DST (Dymes Standard Time)
Does your nation observe DST? Yes. DSMT (Dymes Summer Time) is an hour ahead.

[The Papaya]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian calendar
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Stellar calendar
How are dates written in your nation? mm/dd/yyyy

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? Papaya Time Zone (PTZ)
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? PTZ
How are times written in your nation? hh:mm

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? PTZ only
Does your nation observe DST? no
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? no

[Hansdeltania]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Gregorian
How are dates written in your nation? MMMM DD YYYY or MMM DD YYYY for government (e.g. April 05, 2016 and Apr. 05, 2016, respectively), DD MMM YYYY, DD MMMM YYYY, D MMM YYYY, and D MMMM YYYY is most commonly used but not very accepted for government (e.g. 05 Apr. 2016, 05 April 2016, 5 Apr. 2016, and 5 April 2016, respectively). Writing dates in pure number format is seen as lazy by the general populace, e.g. 04/05/16 or 04-05-16. The only time that occurs is in computers. The year also never goes first, except in computing.

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 24-hour clock primarily, but 12-hour is sometimes used
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? Nothing else.
How are times written in your nation? With or without the colon, two-digit hours, and two-digit minutes. EXAMPLE: 3 hours and seven minutes after noon is written as 15:07 or 1507, and the same period of time after midnight is 03:07 or 0307.

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? UTC +6, DST +7
Does your nation observe DST? Yes
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? Yes

[Neo Prutenia]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use?
The Lieblich calendar
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past?
Many and various local and regional solar, lunisolar, and other calendars; the Old Heliandist, the reformed Heliandist, the Imperial calendar, etc. The Leiblich calendar has been in use for the past five centuries with small modifications and updates.
How are dates written in your nation?
Day/Week/Month/Year, or d/w/mm/yyyy

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use?
The 24-hour clock.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past?
Only the 24-hour clock was ever used officially.
How are times written in your nation?
Hour(s)-Minute(s)-Second(s), or hh/mm/ss; it's usually hh/mm, e.g. 14:22

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones?
Conca Standard (+0) and the derivatives, e.g. NP General (-2), Wrangelborg Standard (+3), etc. The military and administration uses Lieblich standard as +0.
Does your nation observe DST?
No.
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past?
Never.

[Appalatchia]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? None
How are dates written in your nation? Year, Month, Day (YYYY-MM-DD) is the standard in official publication. Month-Day-Year (MM-DD-YYYY) is common colloquially.

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 12-hour for civilian, 24-hour for military
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? None
How are times written in your nation? HH:MM:SS AM/PM (ex. the current time is 11:02:40 AM). Seconds are not always included.

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? GMT -05
Does your nation observe DST? No
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? Yes, until 1990.

[Valentine Z]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Decimal Time. There's a Factbook (vaguely) explaining it, but it goes like this. 1 Decimal Second = 1 Earth Second. 1 Decimal Minute = 100 Decimal Seconds. 1 Decimal Hour = 100 Decimal Minutes. 1 Decimal Day = 10 Decimal Hours = 27.7778 Earth Hours. 1 Decimal Year = 1000 Decimal Days.
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Georgian Calendar. After terraforming, it somehow changed Earth's orbital length around the Sun.
How are dates written in your nation? In the format Y - D. There's no Month as far as I am concerned. For example, 8 - 954 = 8 Decimal Year and 954 Decimal Days = ~ 28 Earth Hours.

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? Decimal Time.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? 24-hour Earth time, but again, terraforming the planet has rendered this system obsolete.
How are times written in your nation? H : mm : ss. For example, 5 : 85 : 68 = 5 Dec. Hours, 85 Dec. Minutes and 68 Dec. Seconds.

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? -
Does your nation observe DST? -

Time is usually written in a string of Y - D : H : MM : SS, e.g. 40 - 228 : 8 : 68 : 70 means 40 Decimal Years, 228 Decimal Days, 8 Decimal Hours, 68 Decimal Minutes and 70 Decimal Seconds.

[The Land of the KC]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? the Gregorian calendar, and in religious texts the Chuck'uni calendar which claims that year 1 is when King Fuhrer Chuck Smith The Chosen One was borned
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? the Julian calendar and variations of it
How are dates written in your nation? DD.MM.YYYY, the month is written using roman numerals(e.g.: 25.XII.2016) or written as the DD of Month, YYYY(e.g.: the 25th of December, 2016)

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 24h clock, but in speech a variant of the 12h one is used(e.g.: 7 in the morning, 3 in the afternoon, 2 in the night)
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? 12h one
How are times written in your nation? HH:MM

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? CET
Does your nation observe DST? yes
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? N/A

[Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian Calendar
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past?
How are dates written in your nation? DD.MM.YYYY (ex - 06.11.2154)

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 24 h, also in the spreech
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? we used always the 24h systema
How are times written in your nation? HH:MM (ex:05:39)

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? The official Alingan Time Zone is +0:45)
Does your nation observe DST? Some cantons yes, another canton no
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past?

[Neuwland]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use?Gregorian
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past?None
How are dates written in your nation?MM.DD.YYYY/DD.MM.YYYY

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use?24 clock officially but the regular AM/PM is quite common
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past?None
How are times written in your nation?13:00/1:00

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones?Central and Mountain
Does your nation observe DST?Some parts
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past?No

[Ulan-Ata]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? The Gregorian system.
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? We have been using the Gregorian calender since our independence in 1854. Before, we used the Japanese lunisolar system.
How are dates written in your nation? DD.MM.YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY.

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 24h clock. It is also common putting it into military style (like 1530 for 3:30 PM).
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? We have used the 24h clock since 1933.
How are times written in your nation? 3:30 PM is put into 15.30, 15:30, 15-30 or 1530.

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? In 1997, we unified all our territory at that time into one time zone. It corresponds with UTC+7 (Novosibirsk, West Mongolia, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, West Indonesia, Australian Christmas Island).
Does your nation observe DST? No.
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? No. There was a discussion in the 1930s, but not introduced.

[The Transnational Railway]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? The Gregorian calendar
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past?
How are dates written in your nation? Year-Month-Day, although Day-Month-Year is sometimes used unofficially.

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 24 hours mainly. 12 hour round dials are also in use.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? 12 hour clock
How are times written in your nation? HHhMM

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? Variable, Newspaper and schedules use UTC by default
Does your nation observe DST? No
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? No

[Belancoria]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Julian
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Gregorian
How are dates written in your nation? Year-Month/Day

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 12 hour clock
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? 12 hour clock
How are times written in your nation? HH·MM AM/PM

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? Hvitmanstad Summer Time (HST)
Does your nation observe DST? No
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? Yes 1956-58

[Novorossitov]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian Calendar.
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Julian Calendar. During pre-colonial times a few harvest calendars, lunisolar calendars, and such were used by the natives.
How are dates written in your nation? DD/MM/YYYY

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 12-hour clock, but the 24-hour clock is used commonly by citizens as well.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? 12-hour clock has been the official clock on-and-off at times. In pre-colonial days most natives used a 10-hour, 20-hour, or 30-hour clock. Some tribes used numbers specific to them or lucky numbers. For example, the 17-hour clock.
How are times written in your nation? HH:MM. AM/PM sometimes added. Preceding zeroes sometimes omitted.

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? UTC−4 to −12
Does your nation observe DST? No.
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? No, never.

[Vescus (Ancient)]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian Calendar
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Julian Calendar
How are dates written in your nation? DD/MM/YYYY

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 24hr Clock.
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? Only 24hr
How are times written in your nation? HH:MM:SS.

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? N/A
Does your nation observe DST? Depends on planet
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? Depends on planet

[Romaian]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian, even Romaian Eastern Orthodox Church uses gregorian.
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Julian
How are dates written in your nation? DD-MM-YYYY

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 24
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? 24
How are times written in your nation? HH-MM or HH:MM

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? UTC +6
Does your nation observe DST? No
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? No

[Astrolinium]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? The Roman Calendar ab urbe condita saw some use in the late 19th century during the height of the Nationalist Movement, and occasionally sees some use during civic festivals.
How are dates written in your nation? 27 Noimbre 2016, or 27 N^oi 2016

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 12-hour clock
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? The 24-hour clock also sees some usage
How are times written in your nation? 01:04 AM

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? Central European Time Zone (GMT +1)
Does your nation observe DST? No
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? No

[Summaqiq]

Dating Systems
What calendar(s) does your nation currently use? Gregorian(year 2016 AD) and Inatsůp (year 948) which is a 6 month, in Gregorian equivalency, year 1 Gregorian year = 2 Inatsůp years. Warm years April 1 - November 1, and Cold years November 2 - March 31.
What calendar(s) has your nation used in the past? Gregorian and Inatsůp
How are dates written in your nation? mm.dd.yyyy for Gregorian and m.dd.yyy for Inatsůp

Time Systems
What clock(s) does your nation currently use? 24 hour
What clock(s) has your nation used in the past? 12 and 24 hours
How are times written in your nation? hh:mm:ss

Additional Questions
What are your nation's time zones? n/a
Does your nation observe DST? No
If your nation does not observe DST, did you observe it in the past? No