Thread:Shabook/@comment-30121751-20161003104603/@comment-112155-20161003170737

Marvel has released two contradictory statements.
 * 1) One places the continuity of Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and The Avengers to happen in 2010, 2011 and 2012, stated in multiple sources, the story of the films, subsequent references in comics, TV series and films, etc.
 * 2) The second one places Iron Man in 2008, its real world date.

Given that both of them are logically contradictory, and that for the second one, the only thing to back up the statement is Vision's comment, this wiki has decided to choose the first option as the canonical one. Choosing the other one would mean to overlook many other statements seen and Heard throughout the movies.