I'm creating this thread to discuss about the date when Raccoon City was destroyed. I'm aware that probably some think that this event took place on Octorber 1st (I'll include myself on this group), and some other that this happened on October 2nd.

I also checked Biohaze series timeline and is said that this event happened on October 1st.

Any of you guys mind to elaborate about the sources that point to one date or another, and your opinion about it?

There is a long time (2 years or so) since I discussed about this. All replies will be very appreciated.

Raccoon City's date of destruction;October 1st,1998, Dawn

Jill was unconscious on set. 28th because of being infected by Nemesis.

Leon and Claire arrived later on the 29th, and escaped the following day

Carlos went to the hospital on oct. 1st to retrieve the anti virus , he succeeded

Jill and Carlos escaped raccoon city via helicopter in the early hours of october 1st


All dates were ingame.

Yeah, there's just this little thing that bothers me:



But, English isn't my native language. It's possible that "night" actually mean "dawn"?

i think somewhere when they were translating it to english, there was a error.

but yes it was October 1st. that's the official date

OCT 1ST
Biohazard 0 Kaitai Shinsho
Biohazard CV Kaitai Shinsho
Biohazard 4 Kaitai Shinsho
Biohazard 5 Kaitai Shinsho
Biohazard Archives
Inside of Biohazard Darkside Chronicles
Bio UC Official Guidebook
Wesker's Report
Bio UC - Death's Door Opening
Bio UC - Eradication Operation file
Degeneration theatrical trailer.

OCT 2ND
Raccoon City Case Details
Another Side of Biohazard

AMBIGUOUS (OCTOBER)
Biohazard: The Catalysis
Biohazard Stamp Collection
Bio UC timeline
Biohazard Archives 2
Biohazard 3

All in all, the evidence points to October 1st. That is the definitive date for Raccoon's destruction

October 1st was when the "Decisions, Decisions" scenario took place in Outbreak, right?

According to the Raccoon City Case Details, the date is October 2nd. Dawn of October 2nd, of course.

Source: http://www.projectumbrella.net/articles/Raccoon-City-Case-Details

I honestly don't even know what to believe right now.

Speaking from a logical perspective, it is dawn on October 2nd. The mistake comes from Wesker's Report. It was the first source to use the October 1st date, and most of the rest followed suit since. But Jill's monologue makes it pretty clear that it can't be the 1st.

If the clocks in the game itself are to be believed, Jill awakens around 10pm on October 1st. The clocks in the abandoned plant are all around 4/5am, extremely accurate.

But yeah, it's a contentious issue and I don't see it being resolved anytime soon.

^This. Now I understand. To make it even more clear, Jill woke up at the church when it was October 1st. If it was night, it is not even remotely possible that the city was detonated on the dawn of October 1st unless there was wormhole involved. Which is actually funny, considering you did fight a worm in RE3.

But Jill could wake up at say 1AM on October 1st where it would obviously still be dark outside.
1AM would still classify as being 'night' rather than 'day' for instance. It is just a poor choice of words on Jill's part, just like at the start of the game where she says 'September 28th, daylight.' rather than 'morning'.

Plus if she wakes up at 10pm on October 1st then that is exactly 70 hours she has been unconscious in the church, two hours short of three whole days. It was bad enough Carlos not doing anything to help Jill for two days never mind three. All October 2nd does is add another 24 hours of Carlos doing nothing and Nemesis failing to return.

Despite what may have been originally intended, current canon is down as October 1st and that appears to be what Capcom is sticking to.



That is from Eradication Operation Notes from Umbrella Chronicles, in-game evidence.