On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:55:07 -0700, Jim Vassilakos wrote:

>The term "Month" is mentioned in multiple editions of Traveller in the
>context of monthly salaries, monthly maintenance costs, monthly cost of
>living, and so forth, but there are no months on the Imperial calendar. (
>https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Imperial_Calendar)
>
>What gives?

I can't provide a specific citation, but I do recall reading some early CT
(canonical) material that was discussing ship financing, and it was
described as 20% down, plus 1/240th of the purchase price each month for
480 months - and earlier in the same description, it described a ship
mortgage as "40 years". This gives 12 months per year, and by inference, a
month is 30 days (actually, 8 months of 30 days and 4 of 31 days).

If you want to retcon it, say that the 30-day month, not part of the
Imperial calendar, is a legacy financial period imposed by the Rule of Man
(which used the Terran Confederation (Gregorian) calendar) and maintained
by the Sylean financial sector right through the Long Night.

Or, if you want "months" that fit with the modern Imperial calendar, use
four weeks, but account for the "480 months = 40 years" by saying that the
banks will allow ONE missed payment per year without impact on the loan.

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