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Pyro Hydrate
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).

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We don’t know how long a year is for these ponies. For us it takes 365.2425 days for the Earth to orbit our sun, but the world of Equestria does not orbit its sun so their year could be any length of time
AaronMk
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Verified Pegasus - Show us your gorgeous wings!
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~
Philomena - For helping others attend the 2021 community collab
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.

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@HJSDGCE
 
I think it becomes more easily digestible when you consider that some of these events may have occurred more close together than not. So you get some scatter room when you break stuff down into something like Discord-Chrssy, Sombra-Twilicorn, and Tree of Harmony-Tirek.
 
You could even make the claim (or not, either way; it’s a headcanon) that the invasion of the Changelings could have been an indirect result of Discord. Sort of a “Our target has come under great duress, if there wasn’t a moment before then now is the time to start” deal. But everything else could be indirect circumstance, sort of like 2014.
thps48
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Wallet After Summer Sale -

Young Leosword
@BlackPuma  
That’d make plenty of sense: Both the weather and the surrounding obits within the solar system are controlled by ponies (and likely everything else in the rest of the planet concerning weather; Oh, also the Everfree) which makes the only thing that matters the Gregorian calendar, which they use for some reason. XD
TexasUberAlles
Duck - If report count was a score, he'd have the biggest score
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
King Sombra - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Crystal Empire!
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.

@BlackPuma  
It was definitely Winter in Hearth’s Warming Eve and implied to be early Winter (just, without snow and stuff) in Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, but other than that I think the only snow action we’ve seen has been in the Crystal Empire (which is literally in “The Frozen North”, so it’s hard to pin a calendar on snowfall) and the Nameless Village, which was near the Snow Line in the mountains.
Brony_Conundrum

Tá cairdeas draíochta
Just… don’t think about it, that’s my advice. You’ll only give yourself a headache if you try to make sense of the show’s timeline.
WinterCutieMark
Non-Fungible Trixie -
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Saying that season 4 episode 1 was only a year after season 1 episode 1 has really confused continuity. It helps if you assume Hearths Warming Eve takes place sometime during Season 1 or that winter wrap up really happens during season 2.
TexasUberAlles
Duck - If report count was a score, he'd have the biggest score
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
King Sombra - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Crystal Empire!
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.

It’s worse than that, Jim— to wedge everything that happened in between the Summer Sun Celebrations of S01E01 and S04E01 into a single year, you have to account for Luna Eclipsed, Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, and Hearth’s Warming Eve happening before Winter Wrap Up; also for Fall Weather Friends happening after Luna Eclipsed. Even the standard excuse of “the episodes are just out of chronological order!” doesn’t work, because there’s just no way to square the differences between early S1 character development and group dynamics and those of mid-S2. For the “all in one” hypothesis to hold up, that means Applebuck Season, Luna Eclipsed, FWF, SSCS6K, HWE, WWU, and Hearts And Hooves Day must have all happened before Party Of One at the end of S1, because Twilight and Pinkie talk about the Spring Has Sprung party in the past tense. It just doesn’t add up.
Even accounting for episodes having been run out of chronological order– and you better, because it’s been five and a half years in-universe if you assume they were in order– the differences in how they interact with each other between S1 and S4 just makes no sense within the space of a single year. It has to be at least two years between onscreen SSCs.
Zebasiz
Bronze Bit -
Friendly Griffon - For helping others attend the fifth anniversary party
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2017) - Celebrated Derpibooru's five year anniversary with friends.
A Perfectly Normal Pony - <Zeb> That's why yer female partner can use a trapon
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@Mad Black
In that case why did they act like there was such a time crunch for Rarity to make their dresses in Suited for Success?
 
Because they had scheduled the fashion show to display them. Rarity was rushing to finish the dresses before then. “Have to get them all done by tonight.” Since the Gala wasn’t that night, I’m pretty sure they were referencing the show.
 
As to why they didn’t just reschedule it? [Shrug] Maybe they would have had to pay a fee for cancelling the use of the stage so late. I dunno.
 
As for the timeline of the show, I don’t see it as too difficult to just accept that the episodes in the first 3 seasons weren’t [for the most part] shown in chronological order. Since S4 marks the 1 years point in the show, it seems easiest to me to just go with that as opposed to trying to come up with some different monthly/seasonal mixing. Especially with examples like Fall Weather friends being just 2 episodes from Winter Wrap-up.
billgatez
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Large Mare Enthusiast.
@Glaive_21842  
The episodes are actually meant to be played in order as every season has a main story arch.
 
There is also the possibility of Tank being in the care of Fluttershy for the first year leading to Rainbowdash not knowing about the hibernation. and stretch the seasons out to two and some years.
Mad Black
Cool Crow - "Caw!" An awesome tagger
Magnificent Metadata Maniac - #1 Assistant
Speaking Fancy - For helping with translations
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

@Kamazeustra  
Since this episode is the third in the season, right after the Summer Sun Celebration and the Gala happened in the last episode of the season, after Winter Wrap Up, yes I really guess they got their tickets very early. Which isn’t that surprising. You can get tickets for such events a very long time in advance.
Background Pony #3793
Hearth Warming Eve happens after RD gets Tank. Winter Wrap Up happened before the running of the leaves. The show is not chronological.
 
How do you know winter in Canterlot is winter in Ponyville?
Background Pony #196E
We already knew this because of the of the Summer Sun Celebration happening in season 4 episode 1 and 2. And I’m guessing that it’s been one year since the time the mane 6 visited the Gala for when s05e07 airs.
dragonjk
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

@Wryte  
Which makes it even harder to determine how long it’s been if the seasons are not reliable because they can be done at any time. I love this show, but it has its faults :)
DanielTepesKraus
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GREEN - TALK TO ME
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2019) - Celebrated Derpibooru's seventh year anniversary with friends
Equality - Was more equal than the rest of the people during the event and did the only smart thing: wasn't there :^)

will return
Since the seasons are artificial and all, how do we know they follow a 12 month schedule or a four season schedule?
 
A season might be a lot longer than three months, or they might go spring, summer, fall, summer, spring, summer, fall, winter, repeat for all we know.
Kamazeustra
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Goldenlöwe in Aeternum
@Mad Black
 
When Fluttershy was cleaning the library in Ticket Master, Twilight said it summer. So the Gala can’t be in the spring unless they waited well into the next year for it.
Wryte
An Artist Who Rocks - 100+ images under their artist tag
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@dragonjk  
It’s a world where seasons and weather are manufactured by its inhabitants. Any time things appear out of order, just assume somebody at the Ministry of Weather Control forgot to carry a 1. :P