The game time is 12 times faster than real time.
   1 game day is 2 real-time hours
   1 game month is roughly 2.5 real time days
   1 game year is one real time month

However, Origin does not follows their own timing conventions, and anchors events in the real time (cf: Hallow's Eve, the Winter Solstice, ...)

The current Britannian calendar counts years starting from ( ? ).
The current year is ( ? ).

Brialla's Journey - celebrated January 28th
     - Brialla's Journey experienced low turnout
Festival of the Ivory Tusk - celebrated March 4th
     - Festival of the Ivory Tusk has ended
     - Festival  of the Ivory Tusk -- It's a tragedy
Festival of the Grape Harvest (Yew) - celebrated April 15th
Festival of Pride (Magincia) - celebrated May 13th
Festival of Masks (Nujel'm) - celebrated June 18th
     - The Festival of Masks in Nujel'm this thursday
     - The Eye of Dahsk stolen, Festival of Masks delayed
     - The Festival of Masks a chaotic success
Hallow's Eve - celebrated October 31st
The Walrus Festival - celebrated December 13-14th
Winter Solstice - celebrated December 21st
Christmas - celebrated December 25th

Journal of the expedition to the new lands

The Story of Relvinian - Compiled from the Official UO Guide book
The Founding of the Guards of Virtue - Published on the Update Center
A prophecy of things to come - Compiled by the folks of the Mage Tower
The Ballad of the Shattered Stone - From the official web page

See the Britannia News Network Archives for official articles published in Origin's online newspaper

Crystal falls, The Scavenger Hunt, and End of the World.