The Martian Common Era Calendar |
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The Martian Common Era calendar (MCE) was created in 2008 by Hal E. Fulton.
Like all other Martian calendars, it is unofficial and recognized by no space agency or government. A project of the Open Space Foundation |
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An introduction | This informal introduction is good for the beginner. Most of us are unaccustomed to thinking in terms of how calendars work in general. | |
(Technical details - TBD) | More technical information will come later, including design considerations and the constants and algorithms used for calculations. | |
Current date/time |
Refresh this page (or the iframe) to get the current date/time (for Earth and Mars). |
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Convert to MCE |
Convert an "Earthly" date (Gregorian) to a Martian Common Era date. |
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API description | This site hosts an API for handling Martian date/times and interconversion. The documentation is accessible through /api with no parameters. | |
MarsDate Ruby gem | The API is written in Ruby, facilitated by the MarsDate gem which defines MarsDateTime. | |
Martian Birthday | A fun little project based on this calendar system. When is your Martian Birthday? |
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