Talk:Game Updates/@comment-99.230.60.52-20120531231443/@comment-4775325-20120531233517

The wiki's time is based on UTC (coordinated universal time), based on the previous times where Backflip have given us a set expiry date (like the Leap Year dragon) they have used the time at the international date line (UTC - 12) as the basis. If it works the same this time it will be roughly another 12 and a 1/2 hrs until Emerald expires and Pearl is likely added.

Backflip is based in Colorado (UTC -7) so when it is midnight at the international date line it will be 5 am there. I doubt that Backflip staff need to personal set off the update, it's much more likely that they set it all up before hand to be implemented at the chosen time.