99.4.123.58: Corrected spelling/grammar (Georgian Calendar -> Gregorian Calendar)

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Corrected spelling/grammar (Georgian Calendar -> Gregorian Calendar)

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The '''Calendar''' in ''[[RuneScape]]'' has ten months, as revealed in [[Postbag from the Hedge]] issue 21.{{CitePostbag |url= http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Postbag_21|issue=21 |letter=5 |title=Somethingorotherwotsit |date=01:38, June 5, 2011 (UTC) |name= }} The total number of days in a year is either 365 or 366, as with the real world.

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The current ''RuneScape'' calendar date corresponding to the real life calendar date is {{rsday|{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|nolink=no}}{{fact}}. The year does not appear to change over time within the ''RuneScape'' storyline. It has been year '''169''' of the '''[[Fifth Age]]''' since the release of the game, it can be speculated that the flow of time in ''RuneScape'' is different from real life – 1 day in real life may not correspond to 1 day on Gielinor. One possibility is that time moves only if something is done in-game which advances the ''RuneScape'' storyline, i.e. [[quest]]s.

==Postbag From The Hedge issue 21 Reference==
''Ah, a most excellent letter. I shall answer the easiest of your questions first. Presently, we are in the 169th year of the [[5th Age]] . The length of a day, of course, is equal to one cycle of the sun and the moon.''
There are ten months in the RuneScape calendar. They are: [[Rintra]] (39 days) [[Moevyng]] (38 days)[[ Bennath]] (32 days) [[Raktuber]] (34 days) [[Pentember]] (38 days) [[Fentuary]] (31 days) [[Septober]] (38 days) [[Ire of Phyrrys]] (40 days) [[Novtumber]] (39 days) [[Wintumber]] (36 days)

''An extra day is added to [[Moevyng]] every four years to account for an anomaly in the way the calendar has been calculated. Moevyng Day, as it is called, tends to fall in the middle of the month.''

''[[Pentember]] , [[Septober]] and [[Novtumber]] are named as such for being, respectively, the fifth, seventh and ninth months of the year.''

''The most intriguingly-named month is the [[Ire of Phyrrys]] . My colleagues over at the [[Observatory]] have uncovered the charred remains of a diary that belonged to[[ Phyrrys]], apprentice to the astronomer [[Scorpius]].''

''Early entries in [[Phyrrys]] 's diary tell of how he was attempting to figure out the RuneScape Calendar, based upon the astronomical studies his mentor was conducting. However, a few pages have survived of [[Scorpius]]'s own diary, heavily hinting at [[Phyrrys]]'s ineptitude, and how at the culmination of the apprentice's initial calendar research, he'd failed to account for a whole forty days.''

''This is backed up in [[Phyrrys]]'s own diary entries, whereby from this date on, his anger (ire) seemed to grow and grow at his inability to work these forty days into the calendar. It is assumed that a later inhabitant of the [[Observatory]] found these notes and, quite easily, corrected the mistake by placing them between [[Septober]] and [[Novtumber]] , naming the month in honour (or more likely in jest) of the 'challenged' [[Phyrrys]] .''

Regards, [[Reldo]]

More information regarding this message can be found [http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Postbag_21, here].

Based on this information, the total number of days in the year is 365, which suggests that the Gielinorian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendars can indeed overlap.

==Months of the Gielinorian year==
The months according to the ''RuneScape'' calendar are:

:{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2 | Month !! Number of days !! Real-world equivalent{{fact}} !! width=350 | Details
|-
| 1 || Rintra || align=center | 39 || 1 January – 8 February || Tied for 2nd longest month with Novtumber and Moevyeng on years with Moevyeng Day.
|-
| 2 || Moevyng || align=center | 38/39 (Moevyng Day) || 9 February – 18 March || There is an additional day in the middle of Moevyng every four years, called Moevyng Day, similar to a [[wikipedia:February 29|leap day]]. Also, Moevyng sounds sort of like the word "moving," which is what Moevyng Day does.
|-
| 3 || Bennath || align=center | 32 || 19 March – 19 April || '''Bennath''' means "blessing" in Cornish. 2nd shortest month.
|-
| 4 || Raktuber || align=center | 34 || 20 April – 23 May || [[Hunt for Red Raktuber|The Hunt for Red Raktuber]] is named after this month.
|-
| 5 || Pentember || align=center | 38 || 24 May – 30 June || Named for its position as the fifth month. '''Penta''' is Greek for five.
|-
| 6 || Fentuary || align=center | 31 || 1 July – 31 July || Only month to solely encompass an entire Gregorian month. Shortest month.
|-
| 7 || Septober || align=center | 38 || 1 August – 7 September || Named for its position as the seventh month. '''Septem''' is Latin for seven.
|-
| 8 || Ire of Phyrrys || align=center | 40 || 8 September – 17 October || The longest month on the calender, which is named after the apprentice of [[Spirit of Scorpius|Scorpius]], [[Phyrrys]]. Phyrrys began work on the calendar of ''RuneScape''.
|-
| 9 || Novtumber || align=center | 39 || 18 October – 25 November || Named for its position as the ninth month. '''Novem''' is Latin for nine.
|-
| 10 || Wintumber || align=center | 36 || 26 November – 31 December || Named after winter; [[Wintumber tree]]s are named after this month.
|}

==Gielinorian days of the week==
[[File:Iterrogation Rota.png|thumb|right|The names of weekdays.]]

The RuneScape calendar also uses different names for the days of the week as seen in ''[[The Chosen Commander]]''. The names for the days are, in no particular order:
* Ivanday
* Caistleday
* Duneday
* Gullday
* Erysail
* Twiblick
* Essianday

The days of the week are all adaptations of the names of the [[Seven Priestly Warriors]] who fought back the dark forces in [[Morytania]].

Ivanday, Erysail, Twiblick, Essianday (four of the seven days of Gielinor) were used in a ''RuneScape'' [[Polls|poll question]] on 29 June 2010. The question was: ''What do the words "Ivanday", "Erysail", "Twiblick" and "Essianday" refer to?''

==See also==
* [[History]], the history of ''[[RuneScape]]'' world, from the [[First Age]] up to the current Fifth Age.
* [[Fifth Age]], a detailed guide on what happened during the current age.

==References==
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