Quote Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah View Post
It was more like a month in advance, aaand they have been doing this for 8 years! Yoshida is the only one failing at predicting the dates so far.

It's not particularly common for SE to delay patches after they have been announced.
Look at it in terms of birthing a baby. It's said to take 9 months, but it's rarely ever exactly nine months, sometimes it's a few days or weeks early, sometimes late. Better this patch be a healthy bouncing baby than stump it's growth.