Dates in Star Wars

Fans of the fictional Star Wars universe keep track of the dates of key events with a dating system (or calendar) centered around the Battle of Yavin featured in '. In this dating system, BBY stands for Before the Battle of Yavin, and ABY stands for After the Battle of Yavin, so 50 BBY would come before 5 ABY, and 45 BBY would come after 50 BBY, much as in AD and BC. (Occasionally, the defeat of the Empire at the Battle of Endor (four years after Yavin) has been used as an alternate starting year, but has generally been phased out in favor of the current standard system.)

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Fans - Fiction - Star Wars - Universe - Date - Battle of Yavin - AD - Battle of Endor

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(Note: In-universe, this dating system is used almost exclusively by the Rebel Alliance/New Republic. The earlier Galactic Empire preferred to date events from the Great Resynchronization of 35 BBY, or from the Emperor's ascension to the throne (19 BBY). The Galactic Republic dated years from the Ruusan Reformation of 1,000 BBY.)

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Rebel Alliance - New Republic - Galactic Empire - Great Resynchronization - Emperor's - Galactic Republic - Ruusan Reformation

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A galactic standard year, based on the length of a year on Coruscant, is 368 standard days, one standard day being a day of equal length as a day on Coruscant (twenty-four hours). It is composed of 10 months plus the Festival of Yule.

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Year - Coruscant - Day - Hour

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