Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-9947288-20130603183821/@comment-4848837-20130608145540

Now, that I think about it, I see why no one can get it right. Rather than have a set year for everything, the present in-show is simply this year (no matter the year, as long as it's the present) while all past events are as many years ago as they are from in-show present, so in reality, no one can pinpoint a day. If we were to create a working timeline map, what we could do is consider that the original series took place during 2005 (or 2006 since more of the show was premiered during that year than 2005), then assign dates to other events such as main character's birthdays according to that.