Configuring Your calendar

Configuration of the calendar is straight forward. As the GM open the configuration dialog and start customizing your calendar!

General Settings

This tab allows you to set some general settings for the entire calendar.

Predefined Calendars

This setting lets you choose from a list of predefined calendars to get your calendar started with. The following calendars can be selected to configure the game calendar:

Calendar	Description	Initial Date
Gregorian	This the standard real life calendar	The current date will be used
Eberron	This is the calendar from the Eberron setting for Dungeons and Dragons	Zarantyr 1, 998 YK
Exandrian	This is the calendar from the Exandria setting for Dungeons and Dragons	Horisal 1, 812 P.D.
Golarian	This is the calendar from the Pathfinder game	Abadius 1, 4710 AR
Greyhawk	This is the calendar from the Greyhawk setting for Dungeons and Dragons	Needfest 1, 591 cy
Harptos	This is the calendar used across Faerun in the Forgotten Realms	Hammer 1, 1495 DR
Warhammer	This is the calendar used by the Imperium in the Fantasy Warhammer game	Hexenstag 1, 2522

All of these calendars can be further customized after they are loaded. They are here to provide a simple starting point for your game.

Other Settings

These are the other settings availible under the General Settings tab

Setting	Description
Note Default Player Visibility	For new notes, if by default the player visibility option is checked or not.

Year Settings

This tab allows you to change some settings about the years in your game world

Setting	Description
Current Year	The Current year your game world is in. This can be any positive number.
Year Prefix	Text that will appear before the year number.
Year Postfix	Text that will appear after the year number.

Month Settings

This tab displays all the months that exist in the calendar. Here you can change month names, the number of days in a month, remove a month, add a new month or remove all months.

Setting	Description
Month Name	These text boxes for each month allow you to change the name of an existing month.
Number of Days	These text boxes for each month allow you to change the number of days in each month. A month can have a minimum of 0 days.
Intercalary Month	An intercalary month is one that does not follow the standard month numbering and is skipped. Example: If we were to add an intercalary month between January and February, January would still be considered the first month and February would be considered the second month. The new month does not get a number. Intercalary months also do not count towards the years total days nor do they affect the day of the week subsequent months start on.
Include Intercalary Month In Total Day Count	When you select a month to be intercalary, an option will show to include these days as part of the years total days and have its days afect the day of the week subsequent months start on. The month though still is not numbered.
Remove Button	These buttons for each month allow you to remove the month from the list.
Add New Month Button	This button will add a new month to the bottom of the list with a default name and number of days that you can then configure to your liking.
Remove All Months Button	This button will remove all of the months from the list.

Weekday Settings

This section displays all the weekdays that exist in the calendar. Weekdays are used to determine how wide the calendar display should be and how to make month days to each day of the week.

Setting	Description
Weekday Name	These text boxes for each weekday allow you to change the name of an existing weekday.
Remove Button	These buttons for each weekday allow you to remove the weekday from the list.
Add New Weekday Button	This button will add a new weekday to the bottom of the list with a default name that you can then configure to your liking.
Remove All Weekdays Button	This button will remove all of the weekdays from the list.

Leap Year Settings

This section allows the GM to configure how leap years work for this calendar.

Setting	Description
Leap Year Rule	Which ruleset to follow when determining leap years. The options are None: The calendar contains no leap years Gregorian: The calendars leap year rules are like the standard calendar (Every year that is exactly divisible by four is a leap year, except for years that are exactly divisible by 100, but these years are leap years if they are exactly divisible by 400) Custom: Allows you to specify n interval in years for when a leap year happens.
When Leap Years Happen	This only appears if the Custom leap year rule is selected. The number of years when a leap year occurs. Example a value of 5 would mean every 5th year is a leap year.
Months List	This only appears if the Custom or Gregorian leap year rule is selected. A list of months will appear that shows each month, and a textbox where you can change the number of days the corresponding month has during a leap year. A month can have a minimum of 0 leap year days.

After you have changed the settings to your liking don't forget to save the configuration by hitting the Save Configuration button!