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The '''Military Calendar''' is the standard timekeeping calendar used by the [[UNSC]] and virtually all of the [[human]] military. Based off of the [[Wikipedia:Gregorian Calendar|Gregorian Calendar]] of the 16th century, the Military Calendar records the same twelve months and keeps the previous systems of counting years. | The '''Military Calendar''' is the standard timekeeping calendar used by the [[UNSC]] and virtually all of the [[human]] military. Based off of the [[Wikipedia:Gregorian Calendar|Gregorian Calendar]] of the 16th century, the Military Calendar records the same twelve months and keeps the previous systems of counting years. | ||
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The Gregorian Calendar is based primarily off of the time it takes [[Earth]] to orbit [[Sol]] one time. This became a major problem once humans left Earth; every planet makes one full orbit at different speeds. Since a Year is defined as the time it takes the planet to orbit its star, timekeeping became nonuniform. | The Gregorian Calendar is based primarily off of the time it takes [[Earth]] to orbit [[Sol]] one time. This became a major problem once humans left Earth; every planet makes one full orbit at different speeds. Since a Year is defined as the time it takes the planet to orbit its star, timekeeping became nonuniform. | ||