Bear in mind the game is developed in a sensible county that does dates in day-month-year order, so if James were to pick 7/5 - 7/11, that could be construed as any time between early May and early November.
I picked later than the available options, although not because I’m a pessimist, I just think games companies like to celebrate anniversaries, and a major patch is a great way to do that (with the logic that if they have a major patch sooner, chance of another one being ready on time for then are pretty slim at current rate of progress).