Contest: Guess the SQL Server 2019 Release Date
When will Microsoft officially release SQL Server 2019 for download? The dust is just barely starting to settle on the 2017 box, so it’s time to guess the next one.
- Leave one – and only one – comment here in YYYY/MM/DD format with your release date guess. If you leave multiple comments, only the first/earliest one is going to count.
- “The release date” is the date that Microsoft announces that the final RTM bits will be downloadable to the public from www.Microsoft.com. (Not the date they make the announcement, and we’re only talking the release-to-manufacturing public version, not a preview, CTP, RC, CU, or SP.)
- Closest to win, without going over, wins a Live Class Season Pass and a Recorded Class Season Pass.
- In the event of a tie (multiple people guessing the same date), the earlier comment wins both the live & recorded pass, and subsequent folks only win a Recorded Class Season Pass.
- Only comments more than 48 hours earlier than Microsoft’s public release announcement will count. If Microsoft makes their announcement, and you run over here trying to leave a fast comment with the release date, not gonna take it.
- If Microsoft announces two release dates – one for Windows, and one for Linux – then we’ll pick a separate winner for each. (But you only get to leave one date in the comments.)
Place your bets!
Update Nov 4: the release date was today! The winners are here. Well, I mean, technically, you’re all winners in my eyes. Most of you. Okay, some of you.
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11/3/2018
Reading comprehension I guess – 2018/11/03
Sat!
Mine is 2018/10/08
2018/04/01
2018/09/18
2018-12-10
2018-10-16
2018/04/04
2018-10-31
2018/03/06
My guess is that they’ll slip past the end of year and so there will be no SQL 2018, it’ll be 2019 instead.
2018/10/18
5th March 2018 – just so there are no arguments over UK vs US date format 🙂
David – bad news. I asked for the date format in the post, and I’ll be using a script to only take the dates that match the required format. I’m a DBA. Deal with it. 😉
2018/03/05
2019/11/10
No argument to be had here, its ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)
2018/09/24
2018/10/10
2018/11/2
2018/11/01
2018/06/26 !
2018/09/24
2018/09/17
2018/05/01
2018/10/03
2017/10/24
Make that 2018/10/24 if I remember what year it is!
No SQL 2018 is planned
2018/07/25
2018-10-09
2018/10/10
2018/11/13
2018/06/30
2018/08/01
2018/09/05
2018/05/16
2018/11/05
5/1/2018
2018/11/10
2018/09/22
2018/04/06
2018/06/01
2018/10/31
2018-08-08
2018/06/11
2018/10/15
2018/08/08
Mistype: 2018/08/18
2018/06/30
2018/04/28
2018/11/03
2018/11/06
2018/09/01
2018/09/10
10-19-2018
2018/10/22
2018/07/23
2018/08/13
2018/11/30
2018/03/18
2018/05/30
2018/05/04
2018/9/15
2019-04-01
2018/09/17
2018/10/22
2018/02/26
2018/10/28
10/9/2018
2018/09/11
2017/11/13
ugh – 2018/11/13
September 21, 2018 (09/21/2018, US Format)
2018 aug 1
2018/04/17
9/10/2018
April 1, 2019
October 16, 2018
2018/11/13
2018-10-13
October 13th, 2018
2018/09/01
September 24, 2018
2018/10/01
2018/10/17
2018/08/08
2018/08/06
2018/09/12
2018/04/23
2018/05/01
2018/07/03
8/23/2018
2018/11/12
2018/09/20
2018/06/06
2108/10/29
CORRECTION: 2018/10/29 … A bit of dyslexia!
2018/10/01
10/25/2018
2018/10/19
2018/10/04
5/8/2018
2018/10/02 00:30:33.123
2017 was release 15 months after 2016 and I’m betting they are wanting to do major releases every 12 months. So, yeah.
2018/10/12
I will try Oct 18, 2018.
2018/10/23
2018/11/20
2018/07/30
1/27/2018
8/1/2018
2018/12/01
Oct 8, 2018
2018/11/04
2018/05/01
09/29/2018
2018/10/25
oh no! you just crossed the line from smart to nerd!
October 5, 2018
2018/10/05
2019-03-08
2018/08/27
9/18/2018
2018/09/30
Looks like there are a lot of disqualifications based on ignoring the format requirements.
Tyler – yep. This makes for a great study in user data input. This is also why, in our salary survey, I can’t really trust anything people put in for location, hahaha.
I think it is less to do with ignoring and more to do with it is an unusual format.
2017/09/03
2018/6/17
Drew, I bid 1 dollar. 😉
2018/08/27
2018/03/30
2018/04/29
YYYY/MM/DD
2018/8/8
2018/7/7
2018/09/27
2018/05/14
Only 10 more days until SQL 2018 folks…!
2018/08/08
yeah, I will get this yet
January 31, 2018
November 13th, 2018
2019/03/31
2019/04/01
2018/11/10
2018/10/04
2018/07/29
After guessing, I realized this is a Sunday so I’m pretty sure that’s not going to happen.
2018/11/05
2018/08/30
2018/12/03
2018/05/11
2018/10/15
2018/07/25
2018/12/07
2018/10/12
Someone replied 2018/10/12 before, so my date is 2018/10/11
2018/05/03
2018/10/29
2018/09/26
The CU12 will be the new SQL Server 2018 😉
Now THAT would be funny.
2018/09/19
2018/07/16
2018/11/27
2018/10/16
2018/10/14
2018/04/01
2018/10/09
Microsoft will announce the release of SQL Server version fifteen on Tuesday the eighteenth of September in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen.
2018/10/30
01/06/2019.
For the US people, that is 06/01/2019.
For Joe Celko, who loves ISO standards: 20170601.
None of which are the format asked for in the post. 😀
2018-10-31. BOO!
2018-06-01
2018/04/24 its the day
2018/10/15
11/1/2018
08/20/2018
2018/10/08
2019/01/15
I am still digesting SQL 2016-2017, Not ready for 2018 yet but I will guess March 21, 2018 to start the spring with a new flavor of SQL
2018/03/18
DECLARE @releaseDate DATE = ‘20170823’;
SELECT @releaseDate AS [SQL Server 2018 RTM Release Date – Guess By Me];
2018/09/15
2018/06/10
2018/09/03
2019/01/30
Windows 2018/03/03
Linux. 2018/03/18
2019/01/09
2018/06/01
2018/07/10
2018/10/11
2018/10/24
2018/04/17
(In The Day Of Scoence
Science
2018/09/25
2018/07/20
10/26/2018
2018/07/23
2018/11/22
2018/10/02
10/1/2018
2019/04/01 sql19 is my guess
2018/11/01
2018/10/25
2018/11/06
2018/11/19
2018-10-31
2018/10/31
2018/10/18
2017/10/01
Whoops…
I mean 2018/10/01
2018/05/01
2017/6/9/11
Correction cause I posted the date wrong like a moron. 2018/06/11
2018/09/18
2018/10/08
2018/06/01
2018/04/01
2018/09/17
25.10.2018
2018/06/05
2018/11/06
2018/08/01
2018/11/22
2018/10/21
2018/09/24
2018/11/01 – after all – Thursday is the new Friday?
2018-11-04
3rd November 2018
2018/11/03
2018/09/24
2018/12/10
2018/09/01
2018/09/21
20180201
2018/06/20
2018/10/01
2018/09/07
2018/11/01
2018/04/01
2018/10/01
2018/10/03
2018/01/01
Seeing as almost all the *good* choices are gone…
😀
2018/07/05
2018/09/13
2018/06/05
2018/04/04
2018/06/15
2018/10/01
2018/10/17
Once we all upgrade off of SQL 2008 R2.
2018/08/02
2018/09/04
2018/08/16
2018-09-09
2018/9/1
2018/10/17
2018/10/30
2018/07/17
2018/04/16
2018/03/31
2018/10/07
2018/08/14
2018/05/17
2018/08/06
2018/06/26
2018/11/14
2018/11/07
2018/08/03
2018/07/16
2018/09/17
2018/12/05
2018/10/01
2018/10/22
2018/08/20
2018/10/28
2018/06/18
2018/06/28
2018-11-05
2018/11/05
2018/11/13
2018/09/17
2018/11/20
2018/06/13
2018/03/19
06/07/2018
2018/10/22
2018/10/17
2018/12/22
2018-06-06
2018/10/23
2018/10/15
2018/11/21
2019/01/13
2018/12/13
2018/10/02
2018/11/11
2018/6/12
2018/10/10
2018/07/07
2018/09/06
2018/12/20
08/08/2018 …
2018/10/31
19/08/2018
20/09/2019
2018, October 31st, on Halloween day, obviously … that’s because we’re gonna be tricked or treated !
2018/11/07
2018/12/04
2018/11/01
2018/05/05
2018/08/01
2018/09/03
2018/08/31
2019-03-04
2018/10/26
2019/03/04
2019/01/01 and I think it will be SQL Server 2019. No SQL Server 2018, especially approaching 4 months into 2018.
Akinja — Do you remember when SQL Server 2017 was announced? 😉
SQL 2018 on 2018/10/29
2018/11/21
I gotta get my ticket in… I have better odds here than playing Power Ball…
if SQL 2018 is released in the next 12 mos. my odds are 1 in 365
If we agree that it will be released in 2018 in the second half, my odds improve ~50% : 1 in 184 (4 *31) + (2*30)
If we agree that it will not be before October, since 2017 was released on 2017-10-30 and that would be an unprecedented 2 majors releases in less than 1 year !!!! well… I worked for Microsoft for 14+ years in SQL Support, Premier & Sales and NEVER seen Microsoft releasing SQL before the scheduled date…(It always slips or features are cut off) so ,,, I am going wit December (otherwise we will have another Episode of SQL 2011 that was changed to SQL 2012 lol ).. well, Monday is a good day for announcement of new releases, since people are busy on the weekend vetting & signing the new release (I know some of those folks like Bob Ward) then I have to choose between the first 2 Mondays in December…. I pick the first one 2018-12-03
2018/11/18
2018/09/28
2018/12/05
2018/05/25
Oct 1st, 2018
2018/11/14
2018-09-24
2018-11-26
2018/10/29
2018/09/24
NULL
2018/11/12
2018/11/24
2018/08/24
2018/09/24
2018/10/23
2018/08/20
2018/09/10
2018/11/15
2018/11/08
2018/11/06
2018/09/15
2018/10/20
2018/10/15
2018/12/03
2018/10/14
Seeing as we’re on CU8 already I would say early next year. 25 Feb 2019
2019-1-12
Nov 7th, 2018
2018/10/29
I think they will skip 2018 and 2019. Probably launch SQL Server 2020.
February 20th, 2020
2018/11/5
2018/10/01
2019/01/20
2018/03/01
2018/10/30
2018/11/16
2018/10/21
2018/12/17
2019/03/01
2018/11/14
2018/10/28
2019/05/13
2018/10/01
2018/09/28
2018/12/01
2018/12/03
2018/10/25
2019\01\15
2018/10/08
12/09/2018
2018-11-23
2018-11-06
2018/10/05
2019/02/04
2018-12-17
2018/11/15
2018-12-03
2018/10/17
2018/12/11
2019/06/30
SQL 2020 would sound so good – think they should wait until then
2019/04/02
2019/10/19
2018/10/10
11/11/2018
2018/11/11
2018/11/07
2019/04/15
2018/11/25
2018/09/24
2018/11/17
2019/06/03
2018/10/15
2018/11/02
2018/12/17
2019/01/18
2019/03/21
Never, because they just announced SQL 2019 instead? 😉
HA! That’s fair, but I’ll edit it to be SQL Server 2019, heh.
Never, but only because of the fast-approaching zombie apocalypse.
2019/04/16
2019/05/30
2019/03/09
2019/02/11
2019/05/07
2019/03/06
2019/04/01
2019/05/23
2019/12/01 we’re currently at CTP 2.2, with SQL Server 2016 it was a further 11 months from this point to GA.
2019/03/01
2019-08-02
2019/08/02, reformatted to the Brent Ozar standard 🙂
2019/06/03
2019/04/01
2019/04/30
2019/02/25
2019/03/15
2019/06/30
2019/10/28
2019/03/29
2019/03/05
2018/05/24
2019/05/24
yes ..2019
2019/06/01
2019/04/01
2019/04/26
2019/06/27
2019/10/07
2019/04/23
2019/06/18
2019/09/02
4/11/2019
2019/06/03
2019/11/05
04/19/2019
09/16/2019
2019/04/30
2019-10-01
2019/10/01
2019/09/23
2019/09/11
2019/06/01
2019/04/01
2019/10/26
2019/04/01
2019/08/01
2019/09/03
2019/06/23
2019/11/11
2019/06/15
2019/10/07
2019/04/05
2019/07/09
2019/04/30
10/4/2019
2019/06/03
2019/05/05
2019/10/04
2019/07/06
2019/09/01
2019/03/28
2019/09/02
2019/03/15
2019/11/11
2019/05/06
2019/04/22
2019/11/04
2019/04/01
2019/03/25
2019/06/26
06-01-2019
2019/11/11
2019/10/18
2019/10/01
2019/09/02
2019/07/08
2019/06/25
2019/08/31
2019-08-25
2019-09-18
4 Nov. ’19
2019/11/04
2019/10/15
2019/04/03
10/1/2019
2019/08/26
2019/05/07
2019/02/27
2019/09/02
2019/06/10
2019/09/10
4/19/2019
2019/04/16
2019/05/01
2019/07/20
2019/04/11
2019/10/15
2019/09/28
2019/05/07
2019/06/21
2019/05/06
2019/08/19
2019-04-05
20.03.2019
2019/04/01
2019/09/15
2019/03/24
2019/06/19
2019/11/15
2016/07/17
2019/07/17
2019/06/05
2019/04/01
2019-03-25
2020-03-03
Q2 2019
2019/06/15
2019/06/01
8/13/2019
2019/10/31
7/8/2019
2019/06/15
2019/05/05
2019-11-08
2019/05/06
2019/06/17
2019/09/09
2019/11/10
2019/09/7
2019/11/12
2019/06/03
2019/11/21
2016/07/14
2019/06/18
2019/07/09
2019/09/03
2020/12/6
2019/10/01
2019/07/11
<3
2019/10/07
2019/09/05
2019/11/04
2019/08/20
2019/09/30
2019/10/02
2019/11/01
2019/08/24
I meant 11/4/19 ! Did I win?
Well, given that you STILL didn’t use the right format as specified in the rules…no, hahaha.
2019/09/20
2019/09/16
2019/11/06
2019/11/14
20119/12/05
Might be a little late with that guess. 😉
OOPS!!! How about 2019/12/05?
2019/10/14
2019/11/20
2019-11-13
Apparently I can’t read.
2019/11/13
2019/10/16
11/18/2019
2019/11/26
12 more weeks and we’re looking at a product name change…
2019/12/01
2019/11/06
11/4/2019
2019/12/09
2019/11/11
2019/11/01
2019/10/30
2019/11/04
2019/10/30
2019/10/29
2019/11/04
2019-10-28
2019-12-19
2019-11-7
2019/11/29
2019/11/06
2019/11/15
2019/11/06
2019/11/04
2019/11/05
2019/11/04
2019/11/07
November 1 2019
2019/11/05
2019/12/04