Blog Post #49-19122016: Timeline References · 6:58pm Dec 19th, 2016
Went over to Equestria Daily and a fan made Timeline by auren-dawnstar was featured there. In brief, the author writes that the first three seasons of MLP:FIM takes place during the span of a year and doesn't follow the episode numbering.
I personally like this, but what do you think? If anything, it makes a great reference point for future fics.
Click here to read.
I have been curious about how fast time moves in Equestria and how many month skips it goes through like it's one holiday and next episode is another holiday in another seasonal time.
4346458 It would be nightmare trying to pair this up with the comics, though.