– The Terminator (1984)

• originally went online on August 4, 1997
• became self-aware at 2:14 am Eastern Time on August 29th, 1997

also… in the Rise of the Machines timeline

• Skynet went online at 5:18 pm Eastern Time on July 25th, 2004
• Exactly one hour later, at 6:18 PM, Skynet launched the American nuclear missiles at their target sites across the world

also… in the Salvation timeline

• Skynet Central is destroyed