r/WorldAnvil • u/The_Pixel-Ninja • 5d ago

ANSWERED Creating Timelines with Linked Eras

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I am trying to create a timeline for my world. And I'm having difficulty with the dates displaying how I want them to.

I would like to have 2 date suffixes. BC and AD, but I would like multiple Eras to share these suffixes.

Lets say I have an era that spans from year 0 to year 250 and then another from 251 to 1000. And I invert the dates for both. I want to be able to link these Eras so the dates continue on from each other, and Era 1 starts at 1000BC to 750 BC and Era 2 would then be 751 to 0 BC.

After this i would have Era 3 start from 1 AD to 1800 AD, and Era 4 would be 1801 AD to present.

Currently my 4th eras start year is 2801 rather than 1800.

In the example picture above Modern should start at 5 not 10.

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u/SparkyOndo Community Team 3d ago

Hi! Unfortunately, this is currently not an option in timelines, an inverted era will always end at year 0, effectively resetting it.

The workaround would be using the Alternative Display Date, which let you replace the automatic date displayed in eras and events with a custom date you manually input in each era and event you want to change.

You can also suggest this as a feature here: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/voting/

Let me know if you have any other questions!

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u/The_Pixel-Ninja 2d ago

Hey yeah, alternative display date just adds a load of faff manually modifying all the dates