His body, a few days, maybe?. His soul, around 18 months of earth time. I think most fanon makes the assumption that that translates to around 180 years of hell time, but that's assuming that Cage time = hell time and all hell time is alike, and that hell time is to be taken literally. The only indication we have apart from using Dean's scale of hell time (4 months = 40 years) is that when Sam had his seizure at the end of Unforgiven he said something about how long it had seemed to him:
SAM [ exhales sharply ] So, how long was I out, again? DEAN I'm telling you, like two or three minutes. Why, what'd it feel like to you? SAM About a week, give or take.
Personally, I tend to assume that hell time stretches a bit like dream time, that without a body one doesn't have the same kind of relationship to time.
I got confused between the time Sam's body was out and about and the time his soul was in the Cage. I always assumed, with no real basis for it, that the Cage was very different from hell, and time in the Cage was probably different as well. That exchange between Sam and Dean gives a little footing for that idea, thanks!
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8/1/13 06:57 pm (UTC)SAM [ exhales sharply ] So, how long was I out, again?
DEAN I'm telling you, like two or three minutes. Why, what'd it feel like to you?
SAM About a week, give or take.
Personally, I tend to assume that hell time stretches a bit like dream time, that without a body one doesn't have the same kind of relationship to time.
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8/1/13 08:27 pm (UTC)I got confused between the time Sam's body was out and about and the time his soul was in the Cage. I always assumed, with no real basis for it, that the Cage was very different from hell, and time in the Cage was probably different as well. That exchange between Sam and Dean gives a little footing for that idea, thanks!