calendarkeepers

Calendarkeepers is a term used to describe individuals, groups, or systems dedicated to creating, maintaining, and interpreting calendars and timekeeping data. The role encompasses tracking celestial cycles, determining leap years and intercalations, scheduling religious and civil holidays, and coordinating agricultural and civic activities.

In historical contexts, calendar keeping was typically performed by scribes, astronomers, or priestly officials who observed celestial events, recorded new moons and solstices, and published calendars that guided farming, ritual, and governance.

Today, the concept extends beyond people to digital and organizational practices. In administration, calendar keepers manage scheduling data, time zones, and date rules across institutions. In software development, calendar libraries and standards such as iCalendar and CalDAV formalize how dates and events are stored, shared, and synchronized.

Calendarkeepers appear in fantasy and speculative fiction as guardians of time, responsible for maintaining the balance of calendars that govern seasons, tides, or fate.

Origin of the term: blends "calendar" and "keeper" and is used primarily in descriptive or fictional contexts rather than as an official title. Related topics include timekeeping, calendar reform, and scheduling systems.