Calender

As pre-Collapse knowledge began to fade from history, people began to see the old way of measuring time as antiquated and meaningless. A new calender was put forth by the Second Council and quickly adopted.

Dates are notated "Year.Month.Day" and appended with AC (After the Collapse). The calender year is separated into ten even months, with five holidays that are not considered part of any month and notated as part of month 0. The holiday notated as day 0 of month 0 is a day of rememberence on the anniversary of the day of the Collapse. This is also considered the first day of the calender year. Holidays one through four are the summer fall equinox, winter solstice, spring equinox, and summer solstice respectively. It is normal for these days to fall within a normal month, so that one day may be 4.6, the next 0.2, then 4.7. Another holiday (0.5) is added to the end of certain years to equalize the solar year. This is traditionally a celebratory holiday.

Needless to say, most people aren't overly affected by the date and are often only somewhat aware of it. Officials and academics are usually much more aware.