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DF2010:Calendar
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The dwarven calendar is used to display dates, and is visible in the upper right corner of the Status Screen (z). The months are named after kinds of stones, ore, gems and wood. New Year's Day and the first day of spring both fall on the 1st of Granite. New Year's Eve and the last day of winter both fall on the 28th of Obsidian.
The game's first playable year begins whenever the world stops generating, due to certain parameters you or the game has set up. By default, the world will stop genning at year 1050.
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[edit] Months and seasons
| Month | Reallife | Season | ||
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| Granite | March | Early- | Spring |
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| Slate | April | Mid- | |
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| Felsite | May | Late- | |
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| Hematite | June | Early- | Summer |
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| Malachite | July | Mid- | |
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| Galena | August | Late- | |
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| Limestone | September | Early- | Autumn |
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| Sandstone | October | Mid- | |
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| Timber | November | Late- | |
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| Moonstone | December | Early- | Winter |
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| Opal | January | Mid- | |
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| Obsidian | February | Late- | |
[edit] Farming
The seasons correspond to growing seasons from the farm plot q menu, which dictate what can be grown when during the year. (See the List of crops.)
[edit] Trading
Each season bar winter brings the possibility of traders from one race or another.
The fussy hippie tree lovers elves arrive in Spring with wooden crafts and weapons, cages (often containing exotic animals), various fruits and berries, and rope reed cloth items.
Humans come in Summer bursting with supplies, eager for junk stone craft goods.
Dwarves come in Autumn and their departure is a fortelling of the cold winter to come.
[edit] Ages
The history of the world during world generation is divided into several different ages, depending on the condition of the world during that time.
