New Britannian Calendar

The New Britannia Calendar dates restarted with “The Fall” (the lunar calamity that destroyed much of the Old World). Template:SotA begins 400 years after “The Fall,” also known as “Post Cataclysm” or “PC”.

The time and date in New Britannia is tied in a direct ratio to real Earth time. January 1st 2013 on Earth was January 1st of the NB year 400. Each Earth Hour is equal to one New Britannia Day. There are 28 days in each new Britannia Month (meaning each month is a little more than an Earth day). A full New Britannia Year of 336 days passes in 2 Earth weeks. A full year on Earth is about 26 New Britannia Years. This allows us to easily calculate dates in New Britannia.

The month and day names closely resemble their Earth counterparts, but are slightly different in pronunciation:

Earth Month	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
New Britannian Month	Janus	Februa	Marse	Apru	Maia	Juno	Julius	Augus	Septembre	Octobre	Novembre	Decembre

Earth Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
New Britannia Day	Sunandai	Moonandai	Tiwesdai	Wodnesdai	Thuresdai	Fridai	Saternesdai

Here are some example dates:

Earth Date & Time	New Britannian Date	Full Date (In-Game)
Cataclysm (September 2, 1997 @12:00am)	Template:Calendar	Template:CalendarLong
Initial Date (January 1, 2013 @12:00am)	Template:Calendar	Template:CalendarLong
Kickstarter Launch (March 8, 2013 @~8:00am)	est. Template:Calendar	est. Template:CalendarLong
Kickstarter Ends (April 7, 2013 @~8:00am)	est. Template:Calendar	est. Template:CalendarLong
Release 1 (December 12, 2013 @10:00am)	Template:Calendar (8290 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 2 (January 23, 2014 @10:00am)	Template:Calendar (9298 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 3 (February 20, 2014 @3:45pm)	Template:Calendar (9975 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 4 (March 27, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (10,810 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
PaxLair Formed in Valemark (Apr 24, 2014 @~8:00am)	est. Template:Calendar	est. Template:CalendarLong
Release 5 (April 24, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (11,482 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 6 (May 22, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (12,154 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Dara Brae Formed (Jun 26, 2014 @~8:00am)	est. Template:Calendar	est. Template:CalendarLong
Vengeance Formed (Jun 26, 2014 @~8:00am)	est. Template:Calendar	est. Template:CalendarLong
Release 7 (June 26, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (12,994 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 8 (July 24, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (13,666 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 9 (August 21, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (14,338 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 10 (September 25, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (15,178 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 11 (October 23, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (15,850 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 12 (November 20, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (16,522 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Steam Early Access (November 24, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (16,618 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 13 (December 18, 2014 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (17,194 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 14 January 29, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (18,202 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 15 (February 26, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (18,874 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 16 (March 26, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (19,546 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 17 (April 30, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (20,386 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
PaxLair Created in Novia (April 30, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar (20,386 hours)	Template:CalendarLong
Release 18 (May 28, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar	Template:CalendarLong
Vengeance Created in Novia (May 28, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar	Template:CalendarLong
Release 19 (June 25, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar	Template:CalendarLong
Port Phoenix Created in Novia (May 28, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar	Template:CalendarLong
Today (August 03, 2026 @5:10am)	Template:Calendar	Template:CalendarLong
Release 20 (July 30, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar	Template:CalendarLong
Duchy of Dara Brae Created in Novia (July 30, 2015 @10:30am)	Template:Calendar	Template:CalendarLong

Trivia

• In the Release 17 Postmortem, it was stated that New Britannian time counts from midnight on Jan 1, 2013, and each Earth hour is one New Britannia day.
• The calendar was first implemented in Release 18.
• New Britannia shares the same 28-day month, 336-day year calendar as the Ultima series.
• On the date of the Cataclysm (September 2, 1997) there was a solar eclipse. This was a total eclipse in the UK, but only a partial eclipse in the USA.
• September 1997 was also the end of the beta for (and subsequent launch of) Ultima Online. The beta ended with a bang, as players were treated to an "end of the world" scenario with Shadowlords, demons, and other evil creatures slaughtering every character in sight.