Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24304025-20140602194616/@comment-24674051-20140603002825

Actually, what year is it in Storybrooke? I think we can assume that it is October, 2011 at the beginning of Season 1, but the Events of both Season 1 and Season 2 would, I imagine, take much less than a year. Which means that it is early to mid 2012 at the beginning of season 3 (which the first half takes about of week to accomplish).

So, 11 years ago at the beginning of season 3 would  early to mid 2011. And even with the 1 year jump mid season, the show is still only up to 2013 tops. (Meaning Frozen has not been released from thier perspective).

On a side note, this one little fact of the time passage (or more importantly that lack of time passage) is what makes playing Henry rough. The actor is around 15 by now, I think, but Henry is 12. (I think in the episode where he drove the 12, there was mention about him being 12, which matches with the above timeline). The show really needs another time jump to 'catch up' to the present. (Besides, a slightly older Henry would make it more possible to  have some real story lines with him, and it might also help with the Baby situation.  2-3 years of a jump gets baby Neal up to late toddler or early pre-school age, and Henry much closer to his real age.)