Originally Posted by
swiss_Momo
the NieR timeline basically goes like this: 2003 is when the Drakengard ending takes place. The short 'level up 30 times in just 2 minutes' prologue in ruined Tokyo takes place in either 2049 for Gestalt/daddy-Nier, or 2053 for Replicant/bro-Nier. 3361 (Gestalt) and 3465 (Replicant) are were the actual game starts. Automata then takes place in 11945 (easy to remember as it uses WWII dates just 10k years into the future). Also I think the Replicant dates are 'canon' in Automata.
also big +1 for giving us this event