The thing about science fiction stories is that in most cases the actual year they're set in isn't massively important. Sure if someone's going back in time to mess with historical events then it matters a great deal what date it is, but for a lot of stories something like 'the present day more or less', 'the day after tomorrow' or 'the 25th century' is enough. You don't really need to know what arbitrary year's been assigned to a movie; it adds nothing to your enjoyment or understanding to know that Alien takes place in 2122 or that 2001 takes place in 2001.
But I still want to know regardless, so I can stick them on a giant chart and go 'wow, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within takes place after Demolition Man but before Starship Troopers!' So here's the dates I've pulled off the internet for some of the things I've written about on the site so far. I'm skipping Doctor Who though, you're on your own with that one.
Some of these dates may be considered SPOILERS.
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A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
- 30 BBY
- - 32 BBY - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- 20 BBY
- 10 BBY
- 00 BBY
- - 00 ABY - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
- - 09 ABY - Star Wars: The Mandalorian - Season 1
- 10 BBY
- 20 BBY
- 30 BBY
- - 34 ABY - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- - 34 ABY - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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20TH CENTURY
- 1980
- - 1986 - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- 1990
- - 1994 - Stargate
- - 1997 - Stargate: SG-1 - Season 1
- - 1999 - Farscape - Season 1 21ST CENTURY
- 2000
- - 2004 - Stargate: Atlantis - Season 1
- 2010
- 2020
- - 2024 - Star Trek: Picard - Season 2
- - 2024 - YOU ARE HERE
- 2030
- 2040
- - 2046 - Doom
- 2050
- 2060
- - 2063 - Star Trek: First Contact
- - 2065 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
- 2070
- - 2071 - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
- - 2077 - Red Dwarf 1-01 - The End
- 2080
- 2090 22ND CENTURY
- 2100
- 2110
- 2120
- 2130
- 2140
- 2150
- - 2151 - Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1
- 2160
- 2170
- - 2171 - Cowboy Bebop (2021)
- - 2179 - Aliens
- 2180
- 2190 23RD CENTURY
- 2200
- 2210
- 2220
- 2230
- 2240
- - 2245 - Babylon 5: In the Beginning (Londo's Story)
- 2250
- - 2256 - Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1
- - 2257 - Babylon 5: The Gathering
- - 2257 - Star Trek: Discovery - Season 2
- - 2258 - Babylon 5: Season 1 - Signs and Portents
- - 2258 - Star Trek (2009)
- - 2259 - Babylon 5: Season 2 - The Coming of Shadows
- - 2259 - Star Trek Into Darkness
- - 2259 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 1
- 2260
- - 2260 - Babylon 5: Season 3 - Point of No Return
- - 2261 - Babylon 5: Season 4 - No Surrender, No Retreat
- - 2262 - Babylon 5: Season 5 - The Wheel of Fire
- - 2263 - Babylon 5: The River of Souls
- - 2265 - Star Trek 1-03: Where No Man Has Gone Before
- - 2266 - Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
- - 2266 - Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1
- - 2267 - Crusade: Season 1
- - 2267 - Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2
- - 2269 - Star Trek: The Animated Series - Season 1
- 2270
- - 2273 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- - 2278 - Babylon 5: In the Beginning (Present Day)
- 2280
- - 2285 - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- - 2285 - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- - 2286 - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- 2290
- - 2293 - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 24TH CENTURY
- 2300
- 2310
- 2320
- 2330
- 2340
- 2350
- - 2353 - Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (estimated)
- 2360
- - 2364 - Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1
- - 2369 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1
- 2370
- - 2370 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2
- - 2371 - Star Trek: Voyager - Season 1
- - 2373 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 5
- - 2373 - Star Trek: First Contact
- - 2379 - Star Trek: Nemesis
- 2380
- - 2380 - Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 1
- - 2383 - Star Trek: Prodigy - Season 1
- 2390
- - 2399 - Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 25TH CENTURY
- 2400
- - 2401 - Star Trek: Picard - Season 2
- - 2401 - Star Trek: Picard - Season 3
- 2410
- - 2419 - The Orville - Season 1
- 2420
- - 2420 - The Orville - Season 2
- 2430
- 2440
- 2450
- 2460
- 2470
- 2480
- 2490 26TH CENTURY
- 2500
- 2510
- - 2517 - Firefly
- 2520
- 2530
- 2540
- 2550
- 2560
- 2570
- 2580
- 2590 32ND CENTURY
- 3100
- 3110
- 3120
- 3130
- 3140
- 3150
- 3160
- 3170
- 3180
- - 3189 - Star Trek: Discovery - Season 3
- - 3190 - Star Trek: Discovery - Season 4
- - 3191 - Star Trek: Discovery - Season 5 30,021ST CENTURY
- - 3,002,077 - Red Dwarf 1-01 - The End
