I know the AM T&C says "All tickets for Airline Award Travel are valid for 12 months from the date of issue, unless otherwise specified." Does "date of issue" mean the date of ticketing, or the date of reservation/confirmation?

I made an AM reservation on Feb 25 (for an AA flight departing on June 7), and MPC said my ticket was confirmed that day, but my ticket hasn't been issued yet due to the problems with the new system. I read in another thread AM isn't actually ticketing awards now until about a week before the departure date. So if my ticket isn't actually ticketed until June 1, does that mean I could extend my departure date up to 1 year beyond June 1? (up to June 1, 2013)? Or could I only extend it up to Feb 25, 2013 (1 year beyond res/confirm date)?