Board Thread:Policies/@comment-3361105-20170223213832/@comment-1257201-20170228015139

From the 1930s until the early 2000s, DC sometimes put a season on the cover. Thus has a cover date of Summer 1939, and  has a cover date of Winter 2001. It appears that you are replacing Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter with March, June, September, December, respectively. Is this correct?

The problem with this system is that DC has, over the years, been very inconsistent with the year associated with "Winter" issues. Example: at this moment (in the northern hemisphere), we are in the "winter" which began in 12/2016 and will end 3/2017. Should this be called "Winter 2016" or "Winter 2017"? DC has varied on this question.

So you should be clear what our policy is here. When we have a Winter issue, should the year be listed as (a) the year in which this winter began; (b) the year in which this winter ended; or (c) whatever year DC happened to print on the cover?

If you use option c, the results will be crazy, especially if you continue to convert "Winter" to "December". Example: was dated by DC "Winter 2001", by which DC meant 12/2000 to 2/2001. But you have converted that date to 12/2001 -- which is an entire year after this issue's actual cover date!