Timelines (was: Re: Rights?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 150812

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at ...> 
wrote:
> 
> IMO, I don't think we can assign strict Muggle dates (e.g.
> July 31, *1980*) to events in the HP Universe -- I doubt Jo
> meant to make things that set in stone, or else she would have
> ironed out the anachronisms and other temporal contradictions.
> 
> -- 
> Dave, who thinks the best we can say is that Voldemort will be
> vanquished in June of the Year 19 HPE.  (HPE = "Harry Potter 
Epoch")

Actually, Jo has now officially stated that Draco was born in 1980 
(that's according to the Black Family Tree that she recently 
created). So regardless of all the contradictory evidence and 
questions, the dates of the series are now canon. 

Steve
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