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Valve has a history of being late. Here are some good examples:
| Valve Time | Actual Time |
|---|---|
| Thursday | When it's done |
| In a few minutes | At 11:38AM the following morning |
| Tomorrow | At 10:00 Pacific |
| Coming tomorrow at 11AM | Coming tomorrow at 2PM |
| Today | Tonight at 11.59Pm |
| This week | Next week |
| This year 1 2 | Next year 1 2 |
| Next week | In 3 months |
| Q1 | The third week of Q2 |
| [This year's] holiday season | Fall of next year |
| Beginning in (next month)... | Beginning in the month after the stated one |
| Shortly | Sometime around next week (see above) |
| We're finishing this feature up now | We've just finished the concept and we'll start working on it in the coming weeks (see below) |
| In the coming weeks | In the upcoming months |
| January or maybe even March | Late May |
| In the upcoming months | Never |
| Look for it within the month | "just after" April 15 |
| "just after" April 15 | the week of April 20 |
| the week of April 20 | Next week |
| Christmas of 2007 | Coincident with the |
| Until the problem is fixed with an
SDK update, use the following workaround: |
In our next-next-next-gen engine (when everything but our tools are broke) |
| When it's done | A month or two after just to be sure |
| Coming soon | When |
| Early next year | Late Summer of said year |
| Late Summer | Early November |
| Early November | Mid November |
| October 2nd | The day after |
| November 18th | 12:01 EST November 18th |