12:33 pm, same day, so only a few hours apart. The questions were very slightly different (already met the spend versus meet the spend during 2018), but I think that the two situations will likely be treated the same, we just have no idea which way because the two answers clearly conflict.
I actually question whether either answer is correct. For the Ascend free night, the terms say that you will get your night right after completing spend, not on anniversary. To me, it doesn't make much sense to build two processes.