Originally Posted by
zoegksf
I understand that. I am simply saying it would make a lot of sense to me to just start all of it on January 1, 2017 to avoid confusion.
It would indeed be nice if they announced a date, and if that date were reasonably far in advance. However, there's nothing "special" about Jan. 1 that would make that date any better than others. I'd much rather they announce now that (for instance) the change is happening Aug. 1, rather than announcing Dec. 15 that the change will happen Jan. 1.