Talk:24 May

Date confusion and Lexicon's timeline again
Well, here we go again. Currently, we are using 24 May as the date for when the champions are informed of the third task of the Triwizard Tournament. And if we accept this as the case, then we have to accept for our own internal consistency that the events of the next day occur on 25 May and Harry's receipt of Sirius Black's letter on 26 May. Now, the date makes sense because in the book, it is clearly stated the champions will be informed precisely one month beforehand what is to come. The Lexicon, however, gives 27 May as the date of when the champions are informed, and goes from there. I was scratching my head, trying to figure this out, and finally realised what they're getting at here-- they're basing this off the fact that Transfiguration lessons were previously stated to occur on Thursdays, and the text states that McGonagall held Harry back in a Transfiguration to inform him that the champions were to gather that evening to learn about the third task. Thoughts? ProfessorTofty (talk) 06:18, May 20, 2013 (UTC)