I just had a heart-shattering realization

[ainu_laire]

I was finishing up writing a prompt fic that takes place in late 3021 (which really does not exist, since it became FA 1 in spring). The date of the story matches the date of something in canon, so I was trying to figure out how this Shire Reckoning date (since all days/months are listed as such in Appendix B) would be as a FA 1 date, since March

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[vilwarien]

Hm, people are generally pragmatic beings, which means that if I have, say, celebrated my birthday on March 1st for my whole life, I'll continue celebrating when the calendar says March 1st. (In two years people will have forgotten that they are five days early anyway). Communication with the hobbits might be more problematic - I can just imagine the King camping at the bridge and waiting for the hobbits who are five days "late" because the royal chancery forgot to translate the dates.

[ainu_laire]

Yes, I have to agree about the pragmatism.

Bwahahah! Talk about a fun fic idea... "What do you mean he's already at the bridge? He said he was not coming for another week!" XD