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When will the Winter Bash 2015 begin? Any info on the non-secret hats?

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    In 6 to 8 weeks.
    – Doorknob
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:23
  • The hell are you tweaking about? It's already on, here's a screenshot of this page
    – random
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:26
  • It's almost a certainty that Winter Bash will occur again starting in December 2015. It's never too early to start asking questions about it.
    – JonW
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:26
  • Could have sworn someone already asked about this. Maybe on [meta.so]... Anyhow, they shipped the hats with all the #SOReadyToHelp swag. So it'll probably be another month or so.
    – user1228
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:31
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    Trying to claim that elusive "anxious for winterbash to start" hat?
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:32
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    You've ruined it by asking.
    – Taryn StaffMod
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:35
  • @bluefeet: 3 hours early (for december) isn't too bad. It's nearly been a year since the last one!
    – George Duckett
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:36
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    winterbash2015.stackexchange.com hmmmmm
    – George Duckett
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:43
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    According to this it's soon, and it confirms at least one hat for this year. ;)
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:47
  • @animuson Is pardoning a turkey enough? And how do we provide proof? Should I send the live turkey to the offices in New York?
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Dec 1, 2015 at 16:44
  • @Won't I asked some time ago, but too many downvotes and seemed nobody was interested.
    – TanMath
    Commented Dec 2, 2015 at 6:42
  • Winter Bash is on!
    – Kurtis Beavers StaffMod
    Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 0:39
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    Winter bash again? That's, like, shell favoritism or something. Those of us who prefer ksh, zsh, or fish like to celebrate (and keep our heads warm) in the winter, too. (Even those tcsh folk are entitled to their beliefs, too...)
    – rickster
    Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 19:35

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It's started.

Given the countdown clock, it will start December 13th, 2015 at 7pm EST (4pm PST), which is the start of December 14th, 2015 in the GMT time zone.

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    I couldn't figure out what that "clock" represents... 5 digits doesn't really tell me much.
    – Werner
    Commented Dec 1, 2015 at 19:09
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    @Werner the countdown is simply the number of minutes until it starts. You can time how long it takes to countdown one unit to verify it's counting minutes, then calculate the time it'll reach zero, or read the source code.
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Dec 1, 2015 at 19:13
  • What source code?
    – Anthony Pham
    Commented Dec 1, 2015 at 22:58
  • @PythonMaster cdn-prom.sstatic.net/WinterBash/js/countdown.js
    – Andreas Fester
    Commented Dec 2, 2015 at 10:31
  • @AndreasFester Is there a properly formatted version?
    – Anthony Pham
    Commented Dec 3, 2015 at 1:14
  • @PythonMaster I assume that the real source is not disclosed, but you can get started by copy&paste the compressed javascript into a javascript beautifier like jsbeautifier.org - it still has the obfuscated variable names then, but its much easier to read ...
    – Andreas Fester
    Commented Dec 3, 2015 at 6:36

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