Handling time in Gevey
Most of the Societies on Ewlah employ a time system structured around their base 8 counting system, with the day divided into 8 equal periods, which in turn are divided into 32 units. However the Vreski and Balhe Societies count in base 10 (ókidxekizmu), and order their time periods accordingly.
Skesokidxekizmu - decimal time
Gevey uses the day (rjesu) as the basic unit of time (syesu), 380.401 of which go together to make a Kaliedan year (dxinsu). The year is also divided into four seasons (rofnu) of 95 days, ten months (tetcu) of 38 days, and 38 weeks (vaimu) of 10 days. Furthermore, every fifth year, at the beginning of the year, two additional days are inserted to accommodate the .401 days not accounted for in each regular year. These feast days are called smoidvum.
Gevey is not very imaginative when naming weekdays and months, using numbers:
| Days | Months | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| first day | rjesonu | first month | tetconu |
| second day | rjezdrjasu | second month | tedrjasu |
| third day | rezbesu | third month | tebesu |
| fourth day | rezvilu | fourth month | tevilu |
| fifth day | resfinu | fifth month | tefinu |
| sixth day | rezdizu | sixth month | tedizu |
| seventh day | resaderu | seventh month | tetcaderu |
| eighth day | resespenu | eighth month | tetcespenu |
| ninth day | resinu | ninth month | tetcinu |
| tenth day | resoku | tenth month | tetcoku |
Dividing up the day
The Gevey practice is to divide each day into 10 periods (called feznu), and each period is divided further into 100 sub-periods, or minutes (djoerju). Unlike for months and days, Gevey gives each time period a specific name, as follows:
| Period | Gevey name | Literal | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | tcotwju | new time | early morning, dawn |
| Second | daesyu | holy time | morning, breakfast |
| Third | kesnu | busy time | late morning |
| Fourth | kounyu | high time | lunch, midday |
| Fifth | ïmyu | quiet time | afternoon |
| Sixth | viedxlju | long time | late afternoon |
| Seventh | tintcu | red time | dusk, early evening |
| Eighth | dxaftcu | social time | dinner, evening |
| Ninth | yaezlu | deep time | late evening, midnight |
| Tenth | saljku | black time | night |
The normal date and time convention in Gevey is to write the tetcu first, followed by the day and then the year. For time, the feznu goes before the djoerju. Tetcu and feznu are often written out as words. The current date and time in the city of Gevile is shown in the footer below.