When and what time does classic release?

[Insanefool-stormrage]

I could have sworn it was 1pm.

New WoW Classic Realms Are Open - Monday, August 26

2019-08-26T17:00:00Z (UTC), we removed the limitation on only creating a total of three WoW Classic characters per WoW account. Now, players will be able to create up to 10 characters per Classic realm, for a total of 50 characters across all Classic realms per WoW account. Additionally, at 2019-08-26T17:00:00Z (UTC), we opened the following new realms in this region: Name Type Timezone Incendius PvP Eastern Bigglesworth PvP Pacific Old Blanchy Normal Pacific Westfall Normal East…

Says Westfall will be opening at 1.

Maybe it’s going up 5 hours before launch?