User blog comment:LilyLovegood/ The films do not take place during the 90's/@comment-306173-20110409180109

Actually, no they don't. In the Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix films, the dates on Tom Riddle Sr.'s grave and on the Black Family Tree, including Draco Malfoy's birthdate, correspond to the book, making the timeline match the one of the books. Futhermore, in Deathly Hallows: Part 1, one can make out the Potters' death year as 1981, and every one knows Harry was a one-year old at the time of their murders.