WoW Forever coverage. Sources and dates identify the announcement and its game context.
Who is staying up on Wednesday?
The answer for anyone on Kyiv time is: people aiming for a 01:00 start on Thursday, November 5. Blizzard’s timetable, published on October 29, gives November 4, 2026 at 23:00 UTC. Kyiv is two hours ahead then. The clock crosses midnight during that conversion; the headline’s date does not follow it.
Think of the night after Wednesday evening. “See you on the fifth” leaves plenty of room for a friend to turn up on Thursday evening instead. Put the hour and time zone in the same message as the date. It is a dull detail to settle now and an annoying one to discover at one in the morning.
Give your reminder a time zone
A calendar entry for November 4 at 23:00 UTC avoids having to do the arithmetic again. With Europe/Kyiv selected for display, the entry should sit on November 5 at 01:00. You can also use the complete timestamp, 2026-11-04T23:00:00Z, in tools that understand it.
Living somewhere else? Use that UTC starting point and your own city. The English version of this article does not put you in an English-speaking country, any more than the Russian version puts you on Kyiv time. Check what your calendar actually shows before leaving it to ring.
Sources
- World of Warcraft: Forever Goes Live Globally November 4!news.blizzard.com
