Yea, when reading Hyrule historia, unless you read it a certain way it can be a bit confusing. But a more confusing time line impo would be that of Final Fantasy VII comparatively. xp
Yeah, it is kind of confusing. But if you've played all the games you should be able to piece it together. I wonder if they were aware they'd start this crazy timeline from the first game's release though.
I thought it made sense...just messy is all, I actually heard a lot of hate from people about this as it linked the games, I personally enjoy it as it kind of does a pre-story to each game.