Talk:Dating conventions

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This is just a thought, but what if years are numbered differently in the wizarding world. If that were the case then most of the dating inconsistencies, aside from the fact that dates don't often match up with the days they occured on, would go away.

Interesting idea but i dissagree. Me_Potter_Fan 09:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I find this extremely unlikely, but possible. Rowling has already said that wizards use the dead language of Ancient Latin quite a bit more commonly than Muggles, and so it seems equally possible they use a different dating convention. This would still, however, leave some inconsistencies; Harry told Uncle Vernon to take him to Platform 9 3/4 on September 1. If this was a different, Wizarding September 1, than it's unlikely someone as non-magical as the Dursleys would have taken him at the right date. --Parodist 20:21, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Dating contradictions

There has been a lot of fuss over the years as to which years certain things happened. The main issue is the Marauders being born in 1960. While this now seems to be the official date, there still ought to be notes explaining why people thought that different years in the range 1958-1960 were considered. My own suspiscion is that a time shift occurred in the process of writing the books, which moved a number of things by a couple of years. There is independent evidence of time shift from references in the first two books (I don't exactly recall the details now as it is a while since I was researching it. Also, the info now has to be squared with that from Deathly Hallows.) If I get it sorted in my own mind I will perhaps add it, but if I don't, perhaps someone else may address this point? Sandpiper 20:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Policy?

Should we turn this into an official policy page? Since all the dating on this wiki is made from the info on this page, it kinda IS a policy, so why not make it official? --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 23:41, 5 August 2009 (UTC)