Questions about the anime~

[tsuyuhime.livejournal.com]

I'm in the process of writing a few CG fics, and I need some help with the timeline.
At series start, what season was it? And at the time of the ZR, what season was it? >_>; I couldn't really tell since the students don't have different uniforms for summer/winter. I don't remember this ever being actually stated in the anime itself, so... if anyone have any guesses, it would be great.
Another thing. What are those knives/short blades that Xingke use called?

Thank you!

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[jjblue1.livejournal.com]

I don't know for sure. The first series shows us a total of 39 days (maybe more if by mistake I've placed two happening in the same day but it shouldn't be less) in the life of Lelouch... but in between those days time goes by and I've no idea how many days are in between the days we're shown (Sometimes it's said 14, sometimes it's just one day after the other, sometimes it's not said at all).
Unless Sunrise release an official timetable it's impossible to know for sure...