diff --git a/src/cheat_gui.cpp b/src/cheat_gui.cpp
index cbe1cd7e62..266457fdc3 100644
--- a/src/cheat_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/cheat_gui.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static const CheatEntry _cheats_ui[] = {
 	{CNM_ALL,        SLE_BOOL,        STR_CHEAT_NO_JETCRASH,      &_cheats.no_jetcrash.value,              &_cheats.no_jetcrash.been_used,            nullptr                    },
 	{CNM_LOCAL_ONLY, SLE_BOOL,        STR_CHEAT_SETUP_PROD,       &_cheats.setup_prod.value,               &_cheats.setup_prod.been_used,             &ClickSetProdCheat         },
 	{CNM_LOCAL_ONLY, SLE_UINT8,       STR_CHEAT_EDIT_MAX_HL,      &_settings_game.construction.max_heightlevel, &_cheats.edit_max_hl.been_used,       &ClickChangeMaxHlCheat     },
-	{CNM_LOCAL_ONLY, SLE_INT32,       STR_CHEAT_CHANGE_DATE,      &_cur_year,                              &_cheats.change_date.been_used,            &ClickChangeDateCheat      },
+	{CNM_LOCAL_ONLY, SLE_INT32,       STR_CHEAT_CHANGE_DATE,      &_cur_date_ymd.year,                     &_cheats.change_date.been_used,            &ClickChangeDateCheat      },
 	{CNM_ALL,        SLF_NOT_IN_SAVE, STR_CHEAT_INFLATION_COST,   &_economy.inflation_prices,              &_extra_cheats.inflation_cost.been_used,   nullptr                    },
 	{CNM_ALL,        SLF_NOT_IN_SAVE, STR_CHEAT_INFLATION_INCOME, &_economy.inflation_payment,             &_extra_cheats.inflation_income.been_used, nullptr                    },
 };
diff --git a/src/date.cpp b/src/date.cpp
index 11a5e7bf65..5ce208e67a 100644
--- a/src/date.cpp
+++ b/src/date.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 
 #include "safeguards.h"
 
-Year      _cur_year;   ///< Current year, starting at 0
-Month     _cur_month;  ///< Current month (0..11)
 YearMonthDay _cur_date_ymd; ///< Current date as YearMonthDay struct
 Date      _date;       ///< Current date in days (day counter)
 DateFract _date_fract; ///< Fractional part of the day.
@@ -55,8 +53,6 @@ void SetDate(Date date, DateFract fract)
 	_date = date;
 	_date_fract = fract;
 	ConvertDateToYMD(date, &ymd);
-	_cur_year = ymd.year;
-	_cur_month = ymd.month;
 	_cur_date_ymd = ymd;
 	SetScaledTickVariables();
 }
@@ -217,17 +213,17 @@ static void OnNewYear()
 	InvalidateWindowClassesData(WC_BUILD_STATION);
 	if (_network_server) NetworkServerYearlyLoop();
 
-	if (_cur_year == _settings_client.gui.semaphore_build_before) ResetSignalVariant();
+	if (_cur_date_ymd.year == _settings_client.gui.semaphore_build_before) ResetSignalVariant();
 
 	/* check if we reached end of the game (end of ending year) */
-	if (_cur_year == _settings_game.game_creation.ending_year + 1) {
+	if (_cur_date_ymd.year == _settings_game.game_creation.ending_year + 1) {
 		ShowEndGameChart();
 	/* check if we reached the maximum year, decrement dates by a year */
-	} else if (_cur_year == MAX_YEAR + 1) {
+	} else if (_cur_date_ymd.year == MAX_YEAR + 1) {
 		int days_this_year;
 
-		_cur_year--;
-		days_this_year = IsLeapYear(_cur_year) ? DAYS_IN_LEAP_YEAR : DAYS_IN_YEAR;
+		_cur_date_ymd.year--;
+		days_this_year = IsLeapYear(_cur_date_ymd.year) ? DAYS_IN_LEAP_YEAR : DAYS_IN_YEAR;
 		_date -= days_this_year;
 		for (Vehicle *v : Vehicle::Iterate()) v->date_of_last_service -= days_this_year;
 		for (LinkGraph *lg : LinkGraph::Iterate()) lg->ShiftDates(-days_this_year);
@@ -247,7 +243,7 @@ static void OnNewYear()
  */
 static void OnNewMonth()
 {
-	if (_settings_client.gui.autosave != 0 && (_cur_month % _autosave_months[_settings_client.gui.autosave]) == 0) {
+	if (_settings_client.gui.autosave != 0 && (_cur_date_ymd.month % _autosave_months[_settings_client.gui.autosave]) == 0) {
 		_do_autosave = true;
 		SetWindowDirty(WC_STATUS_BAR, 0);
 	}
@@ -316,15 +312,13 @@ void IncreaseDate()
 	ConvertDateToYMD(_date, &ymd);
 
 	/* check if we entered a new month? */
-	bool new_month = ymd.month != _cur_month;
+	bool new_month = ymd.month != _cur_date_ymd.month;
 
 	/* check if we entered a new year? */
-	bool new_year = ymd.year != _cur_year;
+	bool new_year = ymd.year != _cur_date_ymd.year;
 
 	/* update internal variables before calling the daily/monthly/yearly loops */
 	_cur_date_ymd = ymd;
-	_cur_month = ymd.month;
-	_cur_year  = ymd.year;
 
 	/* yes, call various daily loops */
 	OnNewDay();
diff --git a/src/date_func.h b/src/date_func.h
index 0ec2ce2dfb..0258250a15 100644
--- a/src/date_func.h
+++ b/src/date_func.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "date_type.h"
 
-extern Year      _cur_year;
-extern Month     _cur_month;
 extern YearMonthDay _cur_date_ymd;
 extern Date      _date;
 extern DateFract _date_fract;
@@ -32,7 +30,12 @@ void ConvertDateToYMD(Date date, YearMonthDay *ymd);
 Date ConvertYMDToDate(Year year, Month month, Day day);
 void SetScaledTickVariables();
 
-#define YMD_TO_DATE(ymd) (ConvertYMDToDate(ymd.year, ymd.month, ymd.day))
+inline Date ConvertYMDToDate(const YearMonthDay &ymd)
+{
+	return ConvertYMDToDate(ymd.year, ymd.month, ymd.day);
+}
+
+#define _cur_year (static_cast<Year>(_cur_date_ymd.year))
 
 /**
  * Checks whether the given year is a leap year or not.
diff --git a/src/economy.cpp b/src/economy.cpp
index c6ae375cca..4671f68e3e 100644
--- a/src/economy.cpp
+++ b/src/economy.cpp
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static void CompaniesGenStatistics()
 	cur_company.Restore();
 
 	/* Only run the economic statics and update company stats every 3rd month (1st of quarter). */
-	if (!HasBit(1 << 0 | 1 << 3 | 1 << 6 | 1 << 9, _cur_month)) return;
+	if (!HasBit(1 << 0 | 1 << 3 | 1 << 6 | 1 << 9, _cur_date_ymd.month)) return;
 
 	for (Company *c : Company::Iterate()) {
 		/* Drop the oldest history off the end */
@@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ static void CompaniesPayInterest()
 		if (c->money < 0) {
 			yearly_fee += -c->money *_economy.interest_rate / 100;
 		}
-		Money up_to_previous_month = yearly_fee * _cur_month / 12;
-		Money up_to_this_month = yearly_fee * (_cur_month + 1) / 12;
+		Money up_to_previous_month = yearly_fee * _cur_date_ymd.month / 12;
+		Money up_to_this_month = yearly_fee * (_cur_date_ymd.month + 1) / 12;
 
 		SubtractMoneyFromCompany(CommandCost(EXPENSES_LOAN_INT, up_to_this_month - up_to_previous_month));
 
diff --git a/src/graph_gui.cpp b/src/graph_gui.cpp
index d454d8a9b5..960c4f69e0 100644
--- a/src/graph_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/graph_gui.cpp
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ public:
 			nums = min(this->num_vert_lines, max(nums, c->num_valid_stat_ent));
 		}
 
-		int mo = (_cur_month / 3 - nums) * 3;
+		int mo = (_cur_date_ymd.month / 3 - nums) * 3;
 		int yr = _cur_year;
 		while (mo < 0) {
 			yr--;
diff --git a/src/network/network_server.cpp b/src/network/network_server.cpp
index eb1221747d..585b13caea 100644
--- a/src/network/network_server.cpp
+++ b/src/network/network_server.cpp
@@ -2018,7 +2018,7 @@ void NetworkServerMonthlyLoop()
 {
 	NetworkAutoCleanCompanies();
 	NetworkAdminUpdate(ADMIN_FREQUENCY_MONTHLY);
-	if ((_cur_month % 3) == 0) NetworkAdminUpdate(ADMIN_FREQUENCY_QUARTERLY);
+	if ((_cur_date_ymd.month % 3) == 0) NetworkAdminUpdate(ADMIN_FREQUENCY_QUARTERLY);
 }
 
 /** Daily "callback". Called whenever the date changes. */
diff --git a/src/newgrf.cpp b/src/newgrf.cpp
index 7d12a1917a..e33d1e7301 100644
--- a/src/newgrf.cpp
+++ b/src/newgrf.cpp
@@ -10318,16 +10318,16 @@ void LoadNewGRF(uint load_index, uint file_index, uint num_baseset)
 	 * so all NewGRFs are loaded equally. For this we use the
 	 * start date of the game and we set the counters, etc. to
 	 * 0 so they're the same too. */
+	YearMonthDay date_ymd = _cur_date_ymd;
 	Date date            = _date;
-	Year year            = _cur_year;
 	DateFract date_fract = _date_fract;
 	uint16 tick_counter  = _tick_counter;
 	uint8 tick_skip_counter = _tick_skip_counter;
 	byte display_opt     = _display_opt;
 
 	if (_networking) {
-		_cur_year     = _settings_game.game_creation.starting_year;
-		_date         = ConvertYMDToDate(_cur_year, 0, 1);
+		_cur_date_ymd = { _settings_game.game_creation.starting_year, 0, 1};
+		_date         = ConvertYMDToDate(_cur_date_ymd);
 		_date_fract   = 0;
 		_tick_counter = 0;
 		_tick_skip_counter = 0;
@@ -10422,7 +10422,7 @@ void LoadNewGRF(uint load_index, uint file_index, uint num_baseset)
 	AfterLoadGRFs();
 
 	/* Now revert back to the original situation */
-	_cur_year     = year;
+	_cur_date_ymd = date_ymd;
 	_date         = date;
 	_date_fract   = date_fract;
 	_tick_counter = tick_counter;
diff --git a/src/news_gui.cpp b/src/news_gui.cpp
index 90f521ab98..467790d441 100644
--- a/src/news_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/news_gui.cpp
@@ -1007,9 +1007,9 @@ void NewsLoop()
 
 	static byte _last_clean_month = 0;
 
-	if (_last_clean_month != _cur_month) {
+	if (_last_clean_month != _cur_date_ymd.month) {
 		RemoveOldNewsItems();
-		_last_clean_month = _cur_month;
+		_last_clean_month = _cur_date_ymd.month;
 	}
 
 	if (ReadyForNextTickerItem()) MoveToNextTickerItem();
diff --git a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
index 234d6cc592..644c0c2a6a 100644
--- a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
@@ -1661,7 +1661,6 @@ bool AfterLoadGame()
 	 * Account for this in older games by adding an offset */
 	if (IsSavegameVersionBefore(SLV_31)) {
 		_date += DAYS_TILL_ORIGINAL_BASE_YEAR;
-		_cur_year += ORIGINAL_BASE_YEAR;
 		SetScaledTickVariables();
 		ConvertDateToYMD(_date, &_cur_date_ymd);