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 * Real time would suggest Iron Man is set in 2008
 * Props in Iron Man imply it is 2008
 * In Captain America: Civil War, which is firmly in June 2016, Vision says, "In the 8 years since Mr. Stark announced himself as Iron Man...", implying "I am Iron Man" is 2008
 * Kevin Feige implied that The Avengers (which is firmly 2012) is 4 years after Iron Man in a statement about Peter Parker
 * The MCU timeline says the Duel of Monaco is 6 months after "I am Iron Man"
 * In Iron Man 2, in Monaco, Potts says of Everhart, "Well, she did quite a spread on Tony last year," referring to them sleeping together early on in Iron Man
 * In Iron Man 2, it is shown to pick up at the opening of the Stark Expo "6 months" seemingly after "I am Iron Man" (though the point it is going 6 months from is vague)
 * At the senate hearing early on in Iron Man 2, Justin Hammer says, "In the last 6 months, Anthony Stark has created a sword with untold possibilities." This implies "I am Iron Man" is 6 months before Iron Man
 * In The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII, the dates given strongly suggest a 5- to 6-month gap between Iron Man and Iron Man 2
 * In Iron Man 2, it is shown to pick up at the opening of the Stark Expo "6 months" seemingly after "I am Iron Man" (though the point it is going 6 months from is vague)
 * At the senate hearing early on in Iron Man 2, Justin Hammer says, "In the last 6 months, Anthony Stark has created a sword with untold possibilities." This implies "I am Iron Man" is 6 months before Iron Man
 * In The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII, the dates given strongly suggest a 5- to 6-month gap between Iron Man and Iron Man 2
 * The Expo promotional material calls it "Stark Expo 2010"
 * Real time would suggest Iron Man 2 is set in 2010
 * The average real time of The Incredible Hulk (June 2008), Iron Man 2 (May 2010), and Thor (May 2011) is (2008.45833+2010.375+2011.375)/3=2010.06944 - January 2010. The closest May-June is May-June 2010
 * Tony Stark's S.H.I.E.L.D. file says he stopped being CEO of Stark Industries in 2010
 * The "6 months later" in Iron Man 2 is shown as possibly being after Vanko has begun work on his weaponry, rather than "I am Iron Man"
 * In The Avengers, Natasha says to Bruce, "You've been more than a year without an incident. I don't think you wanna break that streak." Even if S.H.I.E.L.D. don't know about his incident "31 days" later at the end of The Incredible Hulk in July, they know about the Duel of Harlem, which due to Stark's birthday, has to be in June of whichever year it is set in. The Avengers is set in May 2012, and so if The Incredible Hulk is 2011, it has not been "more than a year" since
 * The MCU timeline has no given timespan between Fury's Big Week and The Avengers
 * Real time would suggest Thor is set in 2011
 * There are no time jumps in Iron Man 2, not only because events seem sequential, but because when the Expo opens it is open for a year, when Potts is appointed as CEO there is "362 days remaining of Stark Expo", and on the day of the Expo battle there is "343 days remaining of Stark Expo"
 * In The Avengers, Nick Fury says, "Last year Earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that not only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously, outgunned." This is referring to the Battle of Puente Antiguo
 * In Thor: The Dark World (set reasonably firmly in 2013), Darcy says of Thor, "last time he was gone for, like, 2 years." 2 years before this is 2011
 * There are no time jumps in Iron Man 2, not only because events seem sequential, but because when the Expo opens it is open for a year, when Potts is appointed as CEO there is "362 days remaining of Stark Expo", and on the day of the Expo battle there is "343 days remaining of Stark Expo"
 * In The Avengers, Nick Fury says, "Last year Earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that not only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously, outgunned." This is referring to the Battle of Puente Antiguo
 * In Thor: The Dark World (set reasonably firmly in 2013), Darcy says of Thor, "last time he was gone for, like, 2 years." 2 years before this is 2011