Right when the expansion launched it was the fewest of guilds and people that was ready to venture into the timeskip right away. However at this point mostly everyone appears to have caught up, and the wide consensus appears to be that the timeskip has now transpired. We even had some major cross-server events marking it for larger parts of the community, such as the Escape from Corgon II server plot, organised by myself and others.
Aside from that, information regarding the new setting has been a little vague and I do wish Bioware would release an updated version of the Star Wars the Old Republic Encrylopeida, explaining everything in greater detail. With that said, I've chosen to specify the setting like this for my guild:
Also in general, you'll be better off looking for information in regards to rp on the progenitor forums of swtor-rp.com, rather than the official swtor forums.
Hope this was of some help to you ;-).