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* Partially justified in ''Galaxias'' by Creator/StephenBaxter: the event in 2056 where the Sun was removed from the solar system for about a day has resulted in the Earth's orbit taking longer, so of course the calendar needs to be reformed to reflect a longer year. The fact the English Restructionalist Calendar begins a new count with the Blink occurring in Year 1 is more controversial.
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* Years in ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' are numbered from [[WorldSundering the Cataclysm]].
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* Years in ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' are numbered from [[WorldSundering the Cataclysm]]. The Fifth Age has a new calendar, numbered from the ''Second'' Cataclysm in 384 AC.
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** The shift from the [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Julian]] to the [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Gregorian]] calendars took place among Roman Catholics in [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance the 16th century]], but was not commonly adopted among non-Catholics until about [[TheCavalierYears the 18th]] [[note]]Isaac Asimov, in one of his essays, said that the Protestant countries would rather be wrong than be set right by the Pope[[/note]], leading to a difference of some eleven days. This is why some dates like UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington's birthday will appear as February 11 (O.S.)[[note]]Old Style[[/note]] and February 22 (N.S.)[[note]]New Style[[/note]], and why [[Literature/DonQuixote Miguel de Cervantes]] and Creator/WilliamShakespeare died on the same date (April 23, 1616), eleven days apart. Russia held out into the early 20th century, not adopting the Gregorian calendar until after the communist revolution. Hence, the October Revolution actually took place in November. The Russian Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar, which is why Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7th.
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** The shift from the [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Julian]] to the [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Gregorian]] calendars took place among Roman Catholics in [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance the 16th century]], but was not commonly adopted among non-Catholics until about [[TheCavalierYears the 18th]] [[note]]Isaac Asimov, in one of his essays, said that the Protestant countries would rather be wrong than be set right by the Pope[[/note]], leading to a difference of some eleven days. [[note]]Most protestant countries changed shortly before 1700, which, unlike 1600, would have had one more day on the Julian side and thrown all familiar conversions off track.[[/note]] This is why some dates like UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington's birthday will appear as February 11 (O.S.)[[note]]Old Style[[/note]] and February 22 (N.S.)[[note]]New Style[[/note]], and why [[Literature/DonQuixote Miguel de Cervantes]] and Creator/WilliamShakespeare died on the same date (April 23, 1616), eleven days apart. The common german phrase "inbetween the years" for the time between Christmas and New Year stems back from the habit to simply write both dates in all documents, as in the next village, the other one might be in use. Russia held out into the early 20th century, not adopting the Gregorian calendar until after the communist revolution. Hence, the October Revolution actually took place in November. The Russian Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar, which is why Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7th.
