John Connor was born in 1984/1985 regardless of when T2 was made it had to be based in around 1995 (the T2 book series confirm this) due to the fact that John Connor was 10 in T2(how many 10 yr olds do you see bolting on a motorcycle) anyway, in T3 Sarah Connor died in 1997.. and fought leukimia for 3 years? seeing as it was 2 years before she died... the book series says Sarah Connor is alive in 2001, but the book could contridict the movie T3, but T3 can't contridict T2... T3 could be based in the future of our time seeing as John would or been 18 or 19 in 2003. The actor might... MIGHT of been that old... also they were talking about John being in 8th grade in T2, but if her were 10 or 11 that couldn't be true... later