Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25075327-20140618023513

Hey, this is probably not too important, but it interested me recently so I figured I'd see what other people had to say. It's occurred to me that there's not really any sort of system for specifically dating events in the Naruto canon. We know the Sage of Six Paths existed a long time ago, and that the formation of the village was around eighty years ago, but I don't recall ever coming across any crystal clear year indications. Star Wars, for example, has the BBY - ABY year system (Before/After Battle of Yavin), and the novels and comics in the expanded universe can be categorized as such.

So, assuming the Sage's time was around 500 years ago (they may have stated otherwise, feel free to correct me), we can look at it this way: Kaguya eats the chakra fruit - 0 YC (Years of Chakra) Sage of Six Paths defeats Ten Tails - Approx. 20 - 30 YC Foundation of Konohagakure - Approx. 420 YC Madara leaves the village - Approx. 425 - 430 YC Kakashi Gaiden - 485 YC Part I / Beginning of Series - 498 YC Part II - 500 YC

It's overanalyzing a bit, but I thought it was cool to think about, especially since we're dealing with so much of Shinobi history now. If someone already brought this up, you can let me know.  