Thread:Haruhi 108/@comment-4817-20190225031611

There is no evidence for the exact year the franchise occurs in. The light novels and anime do not state any specific years. The anime came out three years after the first book (2003), and features new (in 2006) cell phone models that didn't even exist in 2003. For instance, Kyon's cell phone in episode 3, when Haruhi wakes him up by calling him at the library, didn't exist in 2003, even though episode 3 took place in the first book.

Please do not state specific years on the wiki (except for one specific date in the timeline, which took place hundreds of years before the series). 