Time during the pre-alpha phase was allowed to progress despite our spending longer in development than originally anticipated (we'd planned a less complicated game at first). But now we've rolled it back so that when the game starts in alpha, the year will match with the Present Day on the lore timeline. This isn't a change to anything (not people's birthdays or ages, or anything like that) except to the number on the date conversion for the Avarian year. There's a note on the changelog about it but as it's a big-seeming change, I wanted to be sure nobody was confused or alarmed, hence this announcement.
