So referring to Q's post re the Clock is ticking and asking when will the first alarm ring, does everyone agree Q is saying an alarm has been set?
If so, and using a 12- hour clock, then it is set to ring sometime in the next "12 hours" in the clock.
That is sometime between now and Feb. 16.
My reasoning on a 12-hour setting is because Q has repeatedly, reinforced the image of a 12-hr clock(ie wind the clock). When using an old-fashioned 12-hour clock, when one sets the alarm to ring, it can be set to ring in the future anytime between 1 minute to 11hrs59mins in the future.
On a Q clock, that alarm can ring anytime from when it was set and Feb. 16.
Just a theory,