Time in The Adventure Series

*See also: Timeline and Timeline-Line*

Time is a measured construct in which events move forward at a continuous pace. Time is bound to space and the speed of light. In The Adventure Series everything takes place in modern times and all the events occurring on most of the planets in The Adventure Series Universe happen in time order. This means that if you had a powerful enough telescope to see MAC C, the planet would not even be visible, due to the fact MAC C is further away from Earth in light years than the age of MAC C in years.

## Interaction Between Time and Portals

Travelling through a Portal in The Adventure Series Universe is instant, and does not involve time travel in any way. Therefore travelling between Earth and MAC C acts as if MAC C was directly next to the Falkirk Portal and no time is used, gained, skipped or lost. Travelling between MAC C and Earth is not like travelling through time and this applies to all other planets.

## Time Travel

Only two characters knew how to travel through time in The Adventure Series, that being 4th Doctor and Seymour's Creature The Squirrel. Time travel was only executed twice in known canon however. Once by Seymour when he asked the 4th Doctor to use the Tardis to travel to Gravestone G and find out his time of death so he could put an end to this event. And once where The Squirrel builds a time machine and has a misadventure in the stone age. As the 4th Doctor crashed into Macintosh Castle in The Adventure to Annihilate the PC and Linux Guy Empires for Good, and The Squirrel was fed to The Killer Bunny it is unlikely time travel will ever be used again in The Adventure Series canon.

## Ages of Characters

The Adventure Series Epoch is 01/01/2020, an arbitrarily chosen date that occurs during the reign of the Peasant and Mac Guy Coalition in the timeline. To avoid having to update the wiki each year, the age of characters as stated on the wiki are taken from this date. Human characters age and grow in The Adventure Series Universe, just like they do in reality, Mac Guys and Linux Guys also age but PC Guys, The Creatures, Diana, and anything else made by Angus do not. If a character is aged, the height stated on the wiki is their height on 01/01/2020. To find the current age of a character, always refer to 01/01/2020 and count forwards as required. To find the age of a character in an Adventure Video, refer to the in-universe date of the adventure on the Timeline, and count forwards or backwards as required. Character ages are taken in Earth years.

## Dates and Times on MAC C

* 1 MAC C second = 1 SI second
* 1 MAC C minute = 64 MAC C seconds
* 1 MAC C hour = 64 MAC C minutes = 4 096 MAC C seconds
* 1 MAC C day = 32 MAC C hours = 2 048 MAC C minutes = 131 072 MAC C seconds
* 1 MAC C week = 8 MAC C days
* 1 MAC C month = 4 MAC C weeks = 32 MAC C days
* 1 MAC C year = 8 MAC C months = 32 MAC C weeks = 256 MAC C days = 1.0633 Earth Years

It takes the planet of MAC C exactly 131 072 SI seconds to make a full rotation. It also takes exactly 256 full rotations to orbit System C. Daylight lengths vary by month as, like Earth, MAC C has a tilt, this tilt being 20 degrees.

* Number of daylight hours at the June solstice at 40 degrees = 24
* Number of night hours at the June solstice at 40 degrees = 8
* Number of daylight hours at the December solstice at 40 degrees = 8
* Number of night hours at the December solstice at 40 degrees = 24
* Number of daylight hours in the equinoxes at 40 degrees = 16
* Number of night hours in the equinoxes at 40 degrees = 16

The same units of time were used by both Mac Guys and later, PC Guys. It is unknown what time old civilisations used before The Mass Extinction Event. The Mac Guy Empire and The PC Guy Empire did not use timezones due to their small size relative to the planet. Later countries may employ timezones however.

The dating system on MAC C uses the suffix AMS and BMS, which means After/Before Mac Settlement. 0 AMS marks the start of the year the Mac Guys initially settled on MAC C. This means The Witch, Passemafuser and The Troll arrived on MAC C before 0AMS. 1977 is the equivalent year on Earth to 0AMS. This means that the Invasion of the PC Guys occurred at roughly 36AMS, and the Adventure Series Epoch is at 40AMS and around 3 months. To convert from Earth years to MAC C years, subtract 1977 from the chosen year and multiply by 0.94.

## Dates and Times on PC C

* 1 PC C second = 1 SI second = 1 MAC C second
* 1 PC C minute = 64 PC C seconds = 64 Mac Guy seconds
* 1 PC C hour = 64 MAC C minutes = 4 096 MAC C seconds
* 1 PC C day = 24 PC C hours = 0.75 MAC C days
* 1 PC C week = 16 PC C days
* 1 PC C month = 4 PC C weeks = 64 PC C days
* 1 PC Guy year = 1024 PC Guy days = 16 PC C months

It takes the planet of PC C exactly 98 304 SI seconds to make a full rotation. This is 0.75 of a MAC C day yet still longer than an Earth day. A PC C hour, minute and second are identical to a MAC C hour, minute and second.

PC C years are long, 3x longer than a MAC C year. This is due to the distance between System C and PC C. The dating system of PC C were created after the settlement of the PC Guys, which occurred in 1981, or 4AMS. This means to convert PC C years to MAC C years you multiply by 3 and add 4.

## Dates and Times on Linux L

* 1 Linux L second = 1 SI second
* 1 Linux L minute = 64 Linux L seconds
* 1 Linux L hour = 64 MAC C minutes = 4 096 Linux L seconds

Other times are not yet known.