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[cesium133]

It feels like we've been arguing about this calendar since 1997. 

[Omega Entity]

It does line up with 1777 though, and the third digit is more ambiguous than the second one (the third one could be 7 or 9, the second one is clearly a 7).

Yes, but that third digit is an extremely deformed 7 if it is one. The second digit I could see, but I have no doubt in my mind that the third one is a 9.

Edit: Looking at Jeph's Twitter feed, it looks like everyone there is seeing 1997, and asking if that's when the comic actually takes place 

[Method of Madness]

I can see the third digit being a nine, but I'm equally sure that the second one is a seven.

[Aegir]

it's clearly 1997. geeze guys

[Method of Madness]

It's clearly not clear

[Omega Entity]

It is to the Twitter people 

[cesium133]

The Twitter people are right.

(A sentence I never thought I would type.  )

[hedgie]

It is to the Twitter people 

You mean the twits?

[BenRG]

It will be interesting to see if Jeph gives us a clue as to how long Faye has been working for the URFL because we know that it has been longer than a week. We could have missed a fairly hefty time-skip along the way!

[Method of Madness]

It is to the Twitter people 

Not all of them...I tweeted a couple nights back that it looked like 1797 but nobody responded

And yeah, obviously 1997 makes more sense but that's not what it says.

[Omega Entity]

Many here (and there) beg to differ 

[Method of Madness]

I never would've even noticed the calendar if someone here hadn't pointed it out

[BenRG]

I never would've even noticed the calendar if someone here hadn't pointed it out

I noticed it at least on a subconscious level but never really saw it as significant. I guess I just don't have the mindset of a true nitpicker, tearing apart every bit of every strip for clues!

[BenRG]

I'm thinking that the long-predicted time skip has happened. We know that a week passed between strips 3010 and 3020 (Marten says so in 3020). However, at that point, Claire and Marten had only been going out for about 3 weeks maximum. Now (in Strip 3069), Marten and Claire have been going out long enough that they've had assignations at Claire's house, possibly several times. It's got to be at least two months now, in-universe, since they became a couple.

I just wish Jeph would throw us a clue about just how long that time skip was.

[Method of Madness]

This is implying that Jeph knows. I'm pretty sure April has a better idea about the amount of time's that's passed than Jeph does.

[AprilArcus]

Update, continuity salvage edition

Monday, 5 September 2005 (Memorial Day)	2884‑2893	Marten and Claire get more comfortable.
Tuesday, 6 September 2005	2894‑2911	Hanners helps Faye stay on the wagon. Dora picks a fight with Tai.
Wednesday, 7 September 2005	2912‑2941	Faye picks up her welding gear from Coffee of Doom and attends a support group. Clinton and Emily have a date.

Jump A = 1-2 days. In 2947 it has been a week since Veronica moved in to her new place. She was living there as of 2832, which was around September 2nd.

7+A September 2005

2943‑2951

Covers one day on the basis of Hanners waring the same shirt in 2943 and 2951.

Jump B = 1 or more days. 2952 starts in the morning and Marten and Claire's outfits have changed from 2950 to 2953.

7+A+B September 2005

2952‑2960

Momo's Day

Jump C = Probably 1 or more days. 2961 starts in the morning; Claire's outfit changes from 2953 to 2976, although Marten's does not and she could conceivably have changed into sleeping clothes.

7+A+B+C+0 September 2005	2961‑2990	Hanners does not have cancer. Faye falls off the wagon. The Talk 2: Talk Harder.
7+A+B+C+1 September 2005	2991‑3000	Clinton and Emily hang out by the library
7+A+B+C+2 September 2005	3001‑3010	Faye gets a job at the fights. First appearance: Bubbles

Jump D = 4-6 days, on the basis of Marten's remark to Faye in 3020 that she's been out "every night this week".

7+A+B+C+2+D+0 September 2005	3011‑3020	Hanners talks to Sven and Dora.
7+A+B+C+2+D+1 September 2005	3021‑3034	Dora makes peace with Sven, with Tai's encouragement. Sven sends Hanners a thank-you present. Faye pokes at Bubbles.
7+A+B+C+2+D+2 September 2005	3036	Hanners fęte's the Bianchi détente.

Jump E = 1+ days (Dora's shirt has changed from 3036 to 3045)

7+A+B+C+2+D+2+E September 2005

3037‑3050

Claire gets a new piercing. Hanners orders a few pizzas.

Jump F = 1+ days (Marten's shirt changes from 3049 to 3053)

7+A+B+C+2+D+2+E+F+0 September 2005	3051‑3077	Faye invites Bubbles to a house party.
7+A+B+C+2+D+2+E+F+1 September 2005	3078‑3090	Faye and Bubbles talk about the previous night. Momo investigates the fights.

[AprilArcus]

Version 1.1:

[Arkleseizure]

Excellent work on the timeline.  If I may ask, why do you think it starts in the winter?  In strip 128, Faye and Marten talk about the new skirts indie girls are wearing.  Marten says, "So I guess those pleated skirts are the new indie fashion for this summer, huh."  This make me suspect that this strip takes place sometime in Spring, rather than January.

Version 1.0! Now covering strips 1-2909. Comment and critique welcomed.

[Pilchard123]

Hello, level 13+ Cleric/Bard! Where did you get that diamond from?

I kid, I kid. Always nice to see a new face around here. The Spring/Winter thing is discussed right at the beginning of the thread, but I can't remember exactly how it settled. A quick glance says that seasons weren't really touched on for a while in-comic, so there's not much reason why it couldn't have started in Spring, and there's a timeskip fairly early that would allow for quite some movement.

[dutchrvl]

Some of the 'previously' timeline is off. It states Marten moved to Northampton in Summer 2003 and met Faye in November 2003, but in comic 2332 Pintsize states taht he was Marten's only friend for 2 years before he met Steve.

The easiest way to reconcile would probably be to place the start of the comic 2 years later and having Marten be about 2 years older than Claire(?)

[BenRG]

I'll yield to anyone who knows more but I believe that the Masters in Library Science is typically a 2-year course. Given that Claire's summer assignment was to work in Smif's library and she has now graduated (and we've had at least one winter since then), I'm guessing that the strips are currently one in-comic year after Claire and Emily were introduced.