Time in BatMUD

This document is a short summary of how time works in BatMUD. If you notice any mistakes or omissions, please report to Ggr via tells or mudmail.

General

Time in BatMUD is most likely measured in ticks of some kind, probably there is a global "world heartbeat". This theory is supported by the following facts: 1) gametime does not progress during gamelag and 2) gametime does not progress during reboot.

• BatMUD day is 24 hours long, and one hour in BatMUD lasts 5 minutes real world time.
• Thus the time in BatMUD advances approximately (1day * 24h * 60min) / (5min * 24h) = 12 BatMUD days per one boot. However, this is not entirely accurate (because of the downtime during reboot and other non-scheduled downtimes).

Year and months

• There are 10 months per BatYear: Arienle, Teliminus, Lorien, Ysaril, Karmina, Ingot, Alystos, Gettrellyn, Rozgayn and Blayhrr.
• Each month has 28 days and lasts approximately (28d * 24h * 5min/h) / (24h * 60min) = 2 days, 8 hours of real world time.
• Year is thus 280 days aka 23 days, 8 hours of real world time.

Seasons

Each continent has its own cycle of seasons, and the durations of each season (winter, spring, summer, autumn) differ between continents. Furnachia, Laenor and Desolathya have similar seasons, while Rothikgen has longest winter and Lucentium has longest summer.

Additionally, the change of season always happens during reboot, thus there is some variation (of few days) in when the season actually changes (marked with red background in table below).

Seasons per continent