Q's countdown was most certainly for something that did happen. We simplyade assumptions that it was going to be something we would see immediately.
Future proves past.
It's a way of speaking which works backward, when you are looking in the mirror. For example, I will tell someone x or y. Since we are still at M, they don't get it. Only when they are telling people they know their ABCs will they finally realize that I knew all along.
Timing events like that means that we will see today's date on documents relevant to things in the future. Possibly sealed indictment filings. Possibly some entry into court. I'm not autistic enough at the moment to go through and find the possible things that line up.