When Does the Second TV Show "The Flash" Season Three (2016) Take Place?

"The Flash" season three is a superhero television series showran by Andrew Kreisberg with Aaron Helbing and Todd Helbing [adapting "Flashpoint" #? v2 (2011) by Geoff Johns] that released October 4th, 2016. So when is "The Flash" season 3 set? 

It takes place on an alternate timeline of the fictional DC Films Universe in the year: 

2016 AD - 2017? AD 

We know this because . 

More specifically, in season three episode one "Flashpoint" when Wally West/Kid Flash is told about the change Barry Allen/The Flash ? he says, "My life is my life- didn't just start 3 months ago." Presumably, this "3 months" phrase is referring to an off-screen conversation between Barry Allen and Wally in which Barry explained the actions he took at the end of the previous season in season two episode twenty-three "The Race of His Life" (2016), which takes place in early 2016 AD, that have caused the timeline to split in two. 

?.2016 + 3 months = ?.2016. 

Additionally, season three episode four "The New Rogues" includes a flashback to the particle accelerator explosion seen in season one episode one "Pilot" (2014), which takes place in (something like July of) 2013 AD. So it is (potentially July of) 2013 AD at this time. 

2,016 - 3 = 2,013. 

It is an early chronological series in the DC Films multiverse timeline (a first chronological show to feature Barry Allen/the Flash) and can be watched either at its timeline point or before "Justice League" (2017) as an extended flashback. 

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