diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index d0f1ac59a..af9d9f93d 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Template for new versions:
 - `open-legends`: don't intercept text bound for vanilla search widgets
 - `gui/unit-info-viewer`: correctly display skill levels when rust is involved
 - `timestream`: fix dwarves spending too long eating and drinking
+- `timestream`: accelerate job creation in proportion to calendar time advancement
 - `locate-ore`: fix sometimes selecting an incorrect tile when there are multiple mineral veins in a single map block
 - `gui/settings-manager`: fix position of "settings restored" message on embark when the player has no saved embark profiles
 - `build-now`: fix error when building buildings that (in previous DF versions) required the architecture labor
diff --git a/timestream.lua b/timestream.lua
index e41143e05..da82f1673 100644
--- a/timestream.lua
+++ b/timestream.lua
@@ -60,7 +60,17 @@ end
 
 -- ensure we never skip over cur_year_tick values that match this list
 local TICK_TRIGGERS = {
-    {mod=10, rem={0}}, -- season ticks and (mod=100) crop growth
+    {mod=10, rem={0}},           -- 0: season ticks (and lots of other stuff)
+                                 -- 0 mod 100: crop growth, strange mood, minimap update, rot
+                                 -- 20 mod 100: building updates
+                                 -- 40 mod 100: assign tombs to newly tomb-eligible corpses
+                                 -- 80 mod 100: incarceration updates
+                                 -- 40 mod 1000: remove excess seeds
+    {mod=50, rem={25, 35, 45}},  -- 25: stockpile updates
+                                 -- 35: check bags
+                                 -- 35 mod 100: job auction
+                                 -- 45: stockpile updates
+    {mod=100, rem={99}},         -- 99: new job creation
 }
 
 -- "owed" ticks we would like to skip at the next opportunity