Changing the Date and Time
If you are able to change the date and time within Simple Calendar then you will see some additional controls when viewing the interface.
These controls appear in both the full and compact versions of the calendar display.
Users who can change the date and time are:
- Users in the Gamemaster role can always change the date and time.
- Users in any of the other roles that the Gamemaster has given permission to change the date and time.
Calendar View
The calendar view will show several ways of changing the date and time within Simple Calendar
Date / Time Adjuster
The date / time adjuster mechanism is used to change the current date or time by the unit specified. There are 3 main parts to this adjuster:
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| « / » | These buttons will change the current date or time by 5 of the unit specified. |
| ‹ / › | These buttons will change the current date or time by 1 of the unit specified. |
| Unit Selector | The middle button allows you to choose which unit will be adjusted by the other buttons. The options are:
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Dawn, Midday, Dusk, Midnight
These four buttons will advance the time of day to the next time clicked.
Example: If the current time is 8:00am, pressing the midday button will advance the current time to 12:00pm of the same day. Pressing the midday button again will advance the time to 12:00pm of the next day.
The time that these buttons represent are determined as follows:
- Dawn: Dawn is based on the sunrise time set for the current season. Simple Calendar will attempt to gradually change this time to meet the sunrise time of the next season.
- Midday: This is always the half-way time of the day. It takes the number of hours in a day and divides by 2 to determine the midday time.
- Dusk: Dusk is based on the sunset time set for the current season. Simple Calendar will attempt to gradually change this time to meet the sunset time of the next season.
- Midnight: Midnight is always set to a time of 0 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds, the very beginning of a day.
If no seasons are configured these buttons will default to setting the time to 0:0:0. This is because the sunrise and sunset times they use are based off of the sunrise and sunset time set for the season.
Set Date
This button appears when a date is selected that is not the current date of the calendar. Clicking this button will set the current date to the selected date.
Context Menu (Right-Click) Set Date
Right-clicking on a date will bring up a context menu that will have an option of setting the date that was clicked on to the current date.
Compact View
The compact view has a configurable setting for changing what date and time changing buttons are available.
Full Controls
This is the default setting and will show both the Date / Time Adjuster and Dawn, Midday, Dusk and Midnight buttons.
Quick Increment
This setting shows a refined list of predefined values the date and time can be changed by. It also shows the Dawn, Midday, Dusk and Midnight buttons.
The list of predefined values are:
- 1 Round (1r)
- 1 Minute (1m)
- 5 Minutes (5m)
- 15 Minutes (15m)
- 1 Hour (1h)
This setting also supports key modifiers to adjust those predefined values
- Shift Key: When the shift key is held down the amount of time that is changed for each increment is increased from
1 round, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 hourto5 rounds, 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 45 minutes, 5 hours. - Control Key: When the control key is held down each increment will be subtracted from the current time, this can be combined with the shift key for going back in time by larger amounts.