When Does "The Breakfast Club" (1985) Take Place?
"The Breakfast Club" is a dramedy film written by John Hughes that released February 15th, 1985. 
 
 It takes place in the year:
It takes place in the year: 
 
We know this because after the title card containing a quote from the David Bowie song "Changes", the opening narration of the film immediately tells us it's: "Saturday March 24, 1984. Shermer High School, Shermer, Illinois".

1984 AD
We know this because after the title card containing a quote from the David Bowie song "Changes", the opening narration of the film immediately tells us it's: "Saturday March 24, 1984. Shermer High School, Shermer, Illinois".
The entire plot is contained on that Saturday, within March of 1984 AD. 

