Deadline? and other things

i know on the rules it states when the contest runs… but is the last date the end of the contest (judging and etc… ) or is that the last day I can submit something? Im working on a large scale game and want all the time i can get!!

(on another note… if you read this post before my other, Can I reuse sprites from NES Classics?? all the code is mine but the sprites are copied pixels)

Thanks guys