# What time does Public Beta start on December 3rd?

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-time-does-public-beta-start-on-december-3rd/4700>\
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**Created:** [December 1, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-time-does-public-beta-start-on-december-3rd/4700 "2015-12-01T12:47:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lordcris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/lordcris/32/2362_2.png) [@lordcris](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/lordcris)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-time-does-public-beta-start-on-december-3rd/4700/1 "2015-12-01T12:47:38Z")

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I’m in Italy (CET). When can I start requesting my certificates?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![jcjones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/jcjones/32/78_2.png) [@jcjones](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/jcjones)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-time-does-public-beta-start-on-december-3rd/4700/2 "2015-12-01T15:50:01Z")

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It’s not official yet, but a little birdie told me Ops is planning for 6 PM GMT / 10 AM US Pacific (GMT-8). We should expect an announcement on [https://letsencrypt.status.io/](https://letsencrypt.status.io/) soon.

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**Author:** ![lordcris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/lordcris/32/2362_2.png) [@lordcris](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/lordcris)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-time-does-public-beta-start-on-december-3rd/4700/3 "2015-12-01T16:16:33Z")

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Excellent. Thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![tlussnig](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/tlussnig/32/2053_2.png) [@tlussnig](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/tlussnig)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-time-does-public-beta-start-on-december-3rd/4700/4 "2015-12-01T18:48:45Z")

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Now it is in the changelog

> Public Beta begins at 6 PM GMT on 3 December. The hour prior we'll be performing last-minute maintenance, removing the whitelist, and other checks before the Public Beta begins.

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**Author:** ![jcjones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/jcjones/32/78_2.png) [@jcjones](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/jcjones)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-time-does-public-beta-start-on-december-3rd/4700/5 "2015-12-01T19:17:28Z")

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Yup, just saw that too! Here’s the direct link. [https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/maintenance/55957a99e800baa4470002da/565de3df939fb9fd490017c9](https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/maintenance/55957a99e800baa4470002da/565de3df939fb9fd490017c9)

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**Author:** ![eva2000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/eva2000/32/289_2.png) [@eva2000](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/eva2000)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-time-does-public-beta-start-on-december-3rd/4700/6 "2015-12-01T21:54:27Z")

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guess I need to wait a bit later when I wake up

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/2X/f/f75a7c47fd8789a6d02c490191d0d2fcd64181dd.png)

LOL