I've been reflecting on the Odyssey timeline. Specifically, my kids asked how long Whit was gone in the Middle East. Now, I know it was just over 3 years between Gone (September 1993) and Home Sweet Home (November 1996), but how much Odyssey time passed? Of course, any time we start thinking about the number of years that have passed, things will get a little goofy since some kids age and Whit and other adults never do. (Connie is her own unique situation as well.) But I've been thinking that based on the flow of school and summer episodes plus Christmas episodes, could we construct a sort of estimated timeline for all of Odyssey? I'm wondering if anyone has done any work with this or if there is somewhere on the wiki that a page has collected some of this information. If not, I am interested in starting to compile what I can.
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This is an old request now, and I don't know if anyone will read this reply, but some years ago I did some work on such a timeline (independently). I felt it was a useful resource, although it wasn't completed to include all information revealed in newer episodes: https://www.aiowiki.com/wiki/User:James_Gryphon/Timeline
Reading my more recent SS and ToO posts on the subject of timelines would be a good start in updating it. Most listeners seem to make assumptions that AIO time is inherently broken or otherworldly, but I disagree: I feel that the AIO timeline is _not_ inherently chaotic and that things can be ordered, even if it requires some creativity or retcons in specific cases.
Thank you, James for sharing your timeline. It is indeed interesting to look at the work you did with your timeline. It is interesting how some episodes are dated by the technology of the time. Right now I'm thinking about floppy disks and the fact that Bernard and Eugene were unable to be reached when they went on their trip.