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The '''New Byzantine Calendar''' was a calendar used by more than one race, including some [[human]]s and [[Hath]]. Dates were written as a four-digit year, a two-digit month and a two-digit day. For example, [[24 July]] 6012 would be written as "60120724". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
The '''New Byzantine Calendar''' was a calendar used by more than one race, including some [[human]]s and [[Hath]]. Dates were written as a four-digit year, a two-digit month then a two-digit day (YYYYMMDD). For example, [[24 July]] [[6012]] would be written as "60120724". [[Donna Noble]] compared the format to the one used by [[American]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
It is unclear exactly when the New Byzantine Calender was in use - whether it was just a different version of writing dates (so, the [[61st century]]) or an entirely new dating system. A [[New Roman Empire]] was mentioned to exist in the year [[12005]] in ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', but other than the name (the Byzantine Empire was the name given to the Eastern Roman Empire in the real world by Western historians and was itself a successor state to the Empire headed in Rome) there is little to connect them. Another possible origin might be the city of [[New Byzantium]] mentioned in ''[[Shadowmind]]''. This could suggest there was a "New Byzantine Empire", that had succeeded the New Roman Empire.


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Latest revision as of 19:10, 5 October 2022

The New Byzantine Calendar was a calendar used by more than one race, including some humans and Hath. Dates were written as a four-digit year, a two-digit month then a two-digit day (YYYYMMDD). For example, 24 July 6012 would be written as "60120724". Donna Noble compared the format to the one used by Americans. (TV: The Doctor's Daughter)

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