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Originally posted by: jimbo
The police screen says he is ten years old. He was born in 1985. So Terminator 2 takes place in 1995. So the three year thing makes no sense.
Officer Joe 'Lucky' Austin's dashboard computer screen read-out lists John Connor's birthdate as 02-28-85 and nothing more about it, not his age or the current date. The year is open to interpretation, at least it was until Cameron mentioned that the film is set around the end of 1994 and the beginning of 1995. So three years to half way through 1997 makes perfect sense.