How we calculate important dates

I realized a little while ago that I have never mentioned or posted how I come up with the dates that are used in Fellowship One.  I enjoy seeing how others decide on these things, so I thought maybe you guys might as well.  So here is how I come up with the information for the important dates of the hood:

This isn't an example of Fellowship One, but Megalahood uses the same time calculator so it works.  Everything we need is in the clock.

First we look at the hour.  Every 2 hours equals one month in Fellowship One.  Giving each day one full year of time, between midnight and midnight.  Therefore, 12AM to 2AM would be Jan, 2AM to 4AM would be February, etc.  So in this example 1900 or 7PM would give us a month of October...which goes between 6PM and 8PM.

The day becomes SLIGHTLY trickier.  The day of the month comes from the minute that is shown on the clock.  To make the time even over a 2 hour period each 4 minutes is a day.  This gives us exactly 30 "days" in each month.  So there will never be an event on the 31st of any month, and it IS possible in this hood for things to happen on the 30th of February.  :)  So a minute of 00 to 04 in the first hour of the month would be day 1, when the second hour comes along a minute of 00 to 04 gives us day 16.  So in our example 7PM is the second hour of Octobers time (the first being 6PM to 7PM).  So I refer to my chart below:

Minute (1st hour)		Day
00 – 04		1
04 – 08		2
08 – 12		3
12 – 16		4
16 – 20		5
20 – 24		6
24 – 28		7
28 – 32		8
32 – 36		9
36 – 40		10
40 – 44		11
44 – 48		12
48 – 52		13
52 – 56		14
56 – 00 (second hour)		15
00 – 04		16
04 – 08		17
08 – 12		18
12 – 16		19
16 – 20		20
20 – 24		21
24 – 28		22
28 – 32		23
32 – 36		24
36 – 40		25
40 – 44		26
44 – 48		27
48 – 52		28
52 – 56		29
56 – 00 (next day)		30

I see a minute mark of 39 (on the second hour) would make it the 25th.  So any birth, death, wedding or other important event that occurs at 19:39 would be October 25th.  The year is equal to whatever day of play we are on, since each day represents one year.

I made charts for myself so it's easier for me to calculate (and quicker), and I have seen quite a few different dates, even for births so far.

For any CAS or Townie sims that become a part of the hood we use the first "age up" that have as the date of their birthday, and the year is basically "forgotten." :)

And that is how we calculate time in Fellowship One.