| The calendar divides the year into 12 months, which allows researchers to apply the usual month labels to the dates. | | The calendar divides the year into 12 months, which allows researchers to apply the usual month labels to the dates. |
− | The dates, however, use a decimal system, as the widespread adoption of the Mandae system came much later. Therefore, the inhabitants of the Continent treat years as obeying a very special, somewhat alien numeric system, different from the usual arithmetic they use in everyday life. | + | The dates, however, use a decimal system, as the widespread adoption of the [[Mandae numeral system]] came much later. Therefore, the inhabitants of the Continent treat years as obeying a very special, somewhat alien numeric system, different from the usual arithmetic they use in everyday life. |