Time.

[Thanos]

Is there anything like Galactic mean time?

 

[aramis]

Is there anything like Galactic mean time?

There has to be, due to a unified calendar.

It's not detailed in any canon source, but the day s 24 hours of 60 minutes, and the year 365 of them.

 

[foxx]

In the MegaTraveller book "Referee's Companion" from GDW, ther is a section called "Keeping Time" on pp 42-45. It states that Cleon I established the calendar that was based on the Terran one.

"...The day was made exactly 24 hours, and the year was made exactly 365 days."

It doesn't mention a "galactic time" specifically, but it would stand to reason that there must be such, as Aramis stated.

 

[shield]

All the TNS news entires are dated, so there must be imperial wide time. Probably based on something like a pulsar that everyone can see

 

[aramis]

All the TNS news entires are dated, so there must be imperial wide time. Probably based on something like a pulsar that everyone can see

You'd need 2 to determine a time.

 

[saundby]

Another function for x-boats, perhaps. A reference time signal to which local time standards may be calibrated during its time in-system.

A time standard that is accurate across jump would be an interesting project. Somebody needs to build a jump engine so that I can start on it...

 

[aramis]

A time standard that is accurate across jump would be an interesting project. Somebody needs to build a jump engine so that I can start on it...

There's nothing in canon that explicitly says a normal jump has time dilation of any level.

But Pulsars are still the best bet. They change their spin rate with age. 3-4 of them give you a pretty darned good nav fix, and a pretty good time index.