Segmented Time Gradient(STG) - Constructed Universal Time

Oh the Timeline!

Something I have always dreaded was the inevitable point that is reached when trying to explain how old a constructed world or universe is.

The nebulous concept of how we calculate time here on earth is rather limited and riddled with issues when it comes to actual universality. The battle to reach a Universal Time was kind of crazy. Reading about it made my head spin. Always has.

"My power was off today so I picked up a pencil." 

So I decided to do something a little different. Well. A lot different.
I decided that I am outside the planet and all the galaxies when I go to create a universe from scratch... why do I have to plan out timeline from the vantage point of one planet? I dont!

The last time I grabbed a pencil...

My power was off today so I picked up a pencil. Yep. I took that pencil and I started creating a method to divide absurd amounts of time into usable blocks that I could then mostly ignore! That's the beauty of my mind though. I just needed to know that there was a real set of numbers, that is cross referenced with 4 different functions I created. Once I have this I know how old things were BEFORE the DAWN of TIME or whatever. It's never the real "Dawn of Time" either, its always some other observers VERSION of a beginning.

Well. Even though I'm sure it has its own problems, I love this method already. I can use this to assign new people blocks of time forward or backward in time and everything remains synchronous with whatever "Known Reconing" your different observers(cultures) may have.

I warn you. This may look like a bowl of spaghetti, but for me it is more like poetry. It means that I can go forward with ANY project and have a way to create a timeline with little to no effort.

SEGMENTED TIME GRADIENT (STG/h/v/f/u)
A Constructed Universal Time Measurement by Mightokondriac

STG: general reference for Segmented Time Gradient

SEE BELOW FOR CALCULATIONS AND SEGMENT LIST

*STGh:(or h:) Gradient Horizon*

Gradient Horizon starts with the beginning of SEGMENT 4.
Part 1 of SEG4 is considered the "Origin Range" (starting on: STGv: 83371120257233 +1) for World of Daes. As the most common time period(World of Daes), almost all references to STG will be routed through STGh, for ease.

This method acts as a standard year model where *year One of the Global Known Reckoning is STGh:1*

    _This does not mean that any currently living creature knows about the nature of Year One. It implies that there IS a reckoning of this time, regardless of whether the information survived in a form that could be handed down._
    
The number represented after the STGh moniker is a literal year unit of the 337,299 total year units in SEG4.
    *for example:* 
    STGh:4291 (s4:p3 - 291.1 years into p3 (or more accurately: .718 of 1 SEGUNIT in to p3 _(Part 3 of SEG4 consists of 500 year ranges. See below.)_
 

*STGv: (or v:) Verbose Year*

    This method skips all segmenting.

    A year signature from 1 to 83371120594532.

    _"Origin" of Daes occurs on 83371120257234._
 

*STGf: (or f:) Folded Range (SPU)*

    Folded Range is also interpreted as SEGEMENT:PART:UNIT
    Each SEGMENT is split into three PARTS. Each part consists of 666.6 units. Totalling 1999.8 units (rounded up to 2000 units for ease).
        Part 1 is expressed as {p}-, where {p} equals the SEGMENT number.
            note: "-" can be replaced with "1"
        Part 2 is expressed as {p}, where {p} equals the SEGMENT number with no modifier.
            note: " " can be replaced with "2"
        Part 3 is expressed as {p}+, where {p} equals the SEGMENT number.
            note: "+" can be replaced with "3"
        *Units of Parts / Examples*
            {p}:945 (this is incorrect, PARTS can never exceed 666.6 UNITS - see SEGUNITS)
            {p}+:666 -This would equate to the last UNIT(666) of the last PART(+) of SEGMENT {p}
        *for example:*
            f:4+:666 would equal (_a range of 500 years_)
                v:83371120594032 through v:83371120594532
                u:10000
                h:336799 through h:337299
            f:2-:371 would equal (_a range of 125,000 years_)
                v:83371045641000 to v:83371045766000
                u:4371
                h:null (Horizon only applies after SEG4)
             
*An alternate* to this, used below in the "STG Year Unit equations" simplifies the look and feel of the folding process.
        s{#}:p{#}
        s{#}:p{#}:u{#}
     
        *for example:*
        s3:p2:555 = Segment 3, Part 2, Unit 555.
            This is a 500 year range, starting at year 227,500(of the 333,500 total years in Part 2 of Segment 3.)
        s2:p2 = Segment 2, Part 2
            This is a 499,950Mill year range. Starting at year 666,666,001 and ending on year 1,166,616,001 of 1,332,266,000 total years in Segment 2.
         

*STGu: (or u:) Segment Units (SEGUNITS)*

There are 10,000 total SEGUNITS available. Each of the four SEGMENTS has 2000 units. Each of the three PARTS of a SEGMENT has 666.6 SEGUNITS.
       Units 8000 - 10,000 (SEG4) are the primary SEGUNITS of the current World of Daes Project.
       7/9/2015
    *for example*
        u:8471 (Segment 4({first number rnd down if odd} / 2 ), Unit 471)
        = yr 471(+0 {s4:p1(1unit=1yr) } of 337,299 total years in Segment 4
        VERBOSE DATE range: 83371120257704 to 83371120257704
        (Note: *it is the same number*. In all PARTS before and after "Origin Range"(SEG4 PART1), units are worth more than one(1) year. This method will normally produce a range of 5 or more years otherwise.)
     
        u:8944 (Segment 4, Unit 944)
    _(alt)_ u:8944*:4* (since p2 _(944 is >666.6 & <1333.2)_ is +5 yrs, we can specify which of those 5 years if we are not describing a range, but a specific year.)
        = yr 1387(+5 {s4:p2(1unit=5years) of 337,299 total years in Segment 4
        VERBOSE DATE range: 83371120258620 to 83371120258625
     

*STG Year Unit equations* 

            Unit 0- of time = 83,371,120,594,532 yrs ago
            10,000 total SEGUNITS
            *Each PART is worth 666.6 STG units.*
                p-(1) (0 - 666.66)
                p (2) (666.67 - 1333.32)
                p+(3) (1333.33 - 2000)
             
                *SEGMENT 0*
                s0:p1 X 125m yrs per STG unit   (83,333Tril)
                s0:p2 X 50m yrs per STG unit    (33,333Bill)
                s0:p3 X 5m yrs per STG unit   (3,333Bill)              
                *SEGMENT 1*
                s1:p1 x 1m yrs per STG unit     (666,666Mill)
                s1:p2 x 750k yrs per STG unit   (499,950Mill)
                s1:p3 x 250k yrs per STG unit   (166,650Mill)
                *SEGMENT 2*
                s2:p1 x 125k yrs per STG unit   (83,325Mill)
                s2:p2 x 50k yrs per STG unit    (33,330Mill)
                s2:p3 x 5k yrs per STG unit     (3,333Mill)
                *SEGMENT 3*
                s3:p1 x 1k yrs per STG unit     (666,600)
                s3:p2 x 500 yrs per STG unit    (333,300)
                s3:p3 x 5 yrs per STG unit      (3,333)
                *SEGMENT 4* _(gradient horizon)_ (v:83371120257233)
                s4:p1 x 1 yr per STG unit       (666.6)
                s4:p2 x 5 yrs per STG unit      (3,333)
                s4:p3 x 500 yr per STG unit     (333,300)


Yes my universe is very old. I made it this way on purpose, so that I could justify dilations of time that are more pronounced the further you get away from the primary scope, which is SEG4, a total of 337,299 years. That by itself is plenty for me to play with as far as Daes is concerned. With the segments already in place, It allows me to introduce new contributors to the mix with nice bite sized "Units" of time to work within.

(lets see if you know how to read this, hehe)

f:4- is a fixed block of time only I will be able to edit/add.
f:4 is mixed block that has some fixed and some open to edit/add
f:4+ is an open block for approved editors (666.6 total units worth 500 years each.)
Each unit will be opened as the previous one reaches a "functional capacity state". Multiple contributors can work on any open unit. Any further dissection of a unit is completely up to the contributing members of that unit.

I will be playing with the flexibility of this setup in the coming weeks. I think I should be able to plot this out in php and start seeing where it can go.

I haven't been able to find much on the internet about Constructed Universal Times besides Unix time. I'm looking for groups based around this if anyone knows anything! Otherwise I am going  to take this all the way to the hilt and create one myself.

Let me know what you think!


Mk-


Just a little teaser for another short series i'm writing called "Legendary Raiment: Tales of Brimd".
If you read this far you deserve something nice! Whew. No more numbers for now!

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