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BenRG:
I think that it's a decent rule of thumb that, if there is an evident time shift (such as the characters' clothing changing) we should assume it is the next day unless we have abundant proof otherwise, no matter how odd that will make the date of the events.

Some things to bear in mind:

* Smif's library is almost certainly open seven days a week and everyone probably works the occasional Saturday or Sunday shift, so it is difficult to tell weekends just from one of the library characters being out and about during the day;
* Jeph probably hasn't been keeping track of time too religiously, so we should be flexible as to days of the week.I've been checking and it looks like from Faye's relapse to the current strip, we've got just two or possibly three days. What makes me think that three is a possibility is Claire's shirt changing between her meeting with Clinton and being at the apartment with Marten. However, that can be hand-waved away just by her having changed after work because she wants to wear something more casual whilst spending time with Marten.

2691-2970 - Hannelore has a hypochondriac episode
2971-2974 - Faye's relapse (the afternoon of the same day)
2975-2990 - The Talk 2 (the evening of the same day)
2991-2992 - Claire talks to Clinton in the park (the next day)
2992-3000 - Clinton and Emily talk
3001-3005 - Faye applies for a job with the Robot Fighting League (the next day based on Claire's shirt in 3006; no indication in the text of 3001 that this HAS to be the day after Faye talks to Pintsize in 2990)
3006          - Claire and Marten find Faye and Pintsize have gone out (certainly the same morning)

AprilArcus:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 20 Jul 2015, 03:23 ---What makes me think that three is a possibility is Claire's shirt changing between her meeting with Clinton and being at the apartment with Marten. However, that can be hand-waved away just by her having changed after work because she wants to wear something more casual whilst spending time with Marten.

--- End quote ---

Both of their outfits change from 2996 to 3006. OTOH, it doesn't feel like there's a day missing between 2990 and 3001. Hanners has changed outfits in mid-day before (1080-1110 and 1360-1376), but I was previously going on the assumption that this was a little bit of show-don't-tell about her OCD.

bhtooefr:
Jeph's trolling this thread, I think, by saying it's June 1797: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3033

BenRG:
It would be interesting to have an in-universe justification, though. Is it a gag calendar someone got from a Colonial Memorabilia store or something?

Notable events in 1797:

* British wrap up the conquest of French West Indies as part of the Napoleonic War, during which a certain rising star named Horatio Nelson comes to prominence;
* John Adams succeeds George Washington as President of the United States of America;
* The first cast-iron plow is patented (remembered by AIs as the stem point of their evolution?);
* The first ever senator to be impeached is removed from office.

improvnerd:
I don't see any loop on the third digit, which would put it at 1777.

A much more likely explanation would be that it's a 1997 or 1999 calendar that hasn't been switched since the skate park opened.

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