The entire plot of 1.0 happened in a year. I don't happen to have a post reference handy, but the devs have more or less stated that time advances in the lore on "comic book time" -- it moves forward when the lore requires it.
Also, ARR doesn't start in 1577. Each of the eras restarts numbering, so the Calamity happened in 1572 6AE. We then entered the 7th Umbral for five years, which puts ARR's start at 5 7UE. The end of the 2.0 MSQ establishes 1 7AE by declaration of the Grand Company leaders.
With that in mind, different players have different opinions on how to mark time. Some track the days, weeks, and months but not the years; some track everything to RL time; some hold to the "comic book time" definition of the devs. It really depends on who you RP with. There's a thread running around in RP Discussion where people talk about how they handle it, if you're looking for ideas.
EDIT: For what it's worth, I advance time on an RL basis, so the reckoning of my characters, it's actually 2 7AE (as it's been one year, more or less, since the events of the 2.0 MSQ "took effect" in my mind with the launch of 2.1). I'm aware this doesn't match with the dev conception of time, but I can always reconcile that on my end as needed.
Also, ARR doesn't start in 1577. Each of the eras restarts numbering, so the Calamity happened in 1572 6AE. We then entered the 7th Umbral for five years, which puts ARR's start at 5 7UE. The end of the 2.0 MSQ establishes 1 7AE by declaration of the Grand Company leaders.
With that in mind, different players have different opinions on how to mark time. Some track the days, weeks, and months but not the years; some track everything to RL time; some hold to the "comic book time" definition of the devs. It really depends on who you RP with. There's a thread running around in RP Discussion where people talk about how they handle it, if you're looking for ideas.
EDIT: For what it's worth, I advance time on an RL basis, so the reckoning of my characters, it's actually 2 7AE (as it's been one year, more or less, since the events of the 2.0 MSQ "took effect" in my mind with the launch of 2.1). I'm aware this doesn't match with the dev conception of time, but I can always reconcile that on my end as needed.
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