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Moved information about the fields of `status.json` to FAQ 10.11.
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<h1 id="format">format</h1>
<p>The following <strong>JSON</strong> members are required to be present <a href="status.json">status.json</a>.</p>
<h2 id="no_comment">no_comment</h2>
<p>This is a <strong>mandatory</strong> comment for which we offer no comment other
than this comment. :-)</p>
<p>The <strong>JSON</strong> member value must be the following <strong>JSON</strong> quoted string:</p>
<pre><code> &quot;mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec&quot;</code></pre>
<div id="IOCCC_status_version">
<h2 id="ioccc_status_version">IOCCC_status_version</h2>
</div>
<p>This is the version of format of the <a href="status.json">status.json</a> file.</p>
<p>The <strong>JSON</strong> member value of is a <strong>JSON</strong> quoted string the form “<em>version YYYY-MM-DD</em>”.</p>
<p>This document describes version “<strong>1.0 2024-03-09</strong>”.</p>
<h2 id="contest_status">contest_status</h2>
<p>This is the current status of the contest.</p>
<p>The following <strong>JSON</strong> member value string may be one of the following <strong>JSON</strong> quoted strings:</p>
<h4 id="pending">“<strong>pending</strong>”</h4>
<p>While the contest <strong><a href="#pending">PENDING</a></strong> the contest is not yet <a href="#open">open</a>, however there is a tentative scheduled
date and time by which the contest will <a href="#open">open</a> for submissions.</p>
<p>A preliminary <a href="next/rules.html">IOCCC rules</a>, <a href="next/guidelines.html">IOCCC guidelines</a>,
and <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry">IOCCC mkiocccentry tools</a> have
been released.</p>
<p>You may <a href="next/register.html">register for the IOCCC</a> while the contest is <a href="#pending">pending</a>,
however you will <strong>NOT</strong> receive your own Email message containing your very own
<strong>Username and Initial Password until the contest is <a href="#open">open</a></strong>. You will need these
to be able to <a href="next/submit.html">upload your submission</a> to the <a href="https://submit.ioccc.org">IOCCC submit
server</a>.</p>
<p>Once contest moves from <a href="#pending%22">pending</a> to <a href="#open">open</a>, an announcement
Email will be sent out to the mailing list of those have successfully registered for the IOCCC.
In addition, an announcement will be made to the <a href="news.html">IOCCC news</a> in case you miss
that announcement Email.</p>
<p>While you are waiting for the contest to <a href="#open">open</a>, we <strong>highly recommend</strong>
that you review the <a href="next/rules.html">IOCCC rules</a>, <a href="next/guidelines.html">IOCCC guidelines</a>,
and <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry">IOCCC mkiocccentry tools</a>.</p>
<p>Should you have any comments, suggestions, and concerns about the above, and <strong>while you waiting</strong>
for the contest to <a href="#open">open</a>, please see the
FAQ on “<a href="faq.html#feedback">comment or make a suggestion on IOCCC rules, guidelines and tools</a>”
as well as the
FAQ on “<a href="faq.html#questions">best way to ask a question about the IOCCC rules, guideline and tools</a>”
for how.</p>
<p>See also the
FAQ on “<a href="next/submit.html">how to upload your submission</a>”
for more information on the submission process when the IOCCC <a href="#open">reopens</a>.</p>
<h4 id="open">“<strong>open</strong>”</h4>
<p>While contest is <strong><a href="#open">OPEN</a></strong>, those who have <a href="next/register.html">registered for the IOCCC</a>
may <a href="next/submit.html">upload their submissions</a> to the <a href="https://submit.ioccc.org">IOCCC submit server</a>.</p>
<p>See the
FAQ on “<a href="faq.html#submit">how to submit</a>”
for more information.</p>
<p>See the <a href="news.html">IOCCC news</a> page for details on any IOCCC related deadlines
such as when the contest will <a href="#closed">close</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="next/rules.html">IOCCC rules</a>, <a href="next/guidelines.html">IOCCC guidelines</a>,
and <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry">IOCCC mkiocccentry tools</a>
are now official. Should you have any questions about these, please see the
FAQ on “<a href="faq.html#questions">best way to ask a question about the IOCCC rules, guideline and tools</a>”
for how to ask them.</p>
<p>Be sure to review the official <a href="next/rules.html">IOCCC rules</a>, <a href="next/guidelines.html">IOCCC guidelines</a>,
for any changes, as well as updating your <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry">IOCCC mkiocccentry tools</a>
as changes to them may have been made while the contest was “<strong><a href="#pending">pending</a></strong>”.</p>
<p>See also the
FAQ on “<a href="faq.html#submit">how to submit</a>”
for more information on the submission process when the IOCCC <a href="#open">reopens</a>.</p>
<h4 id="judging">“<strong>judging</strong>”</h4>
<p>While contest is <strong><a href="#judging">JUDGING</a></strong>, you cannot <a href="next/register.html">register</a>
nor can you <a href="next/submit.html">upload submissions</a>. This is because the
<a href="judges.html">IOCCC judges</a> are in the process of judging the <a href="faq.html#how_many">submissions</a>
they received while the contest was <a href="#open">open</a>.</p>
<p>Watch the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc"><span class="citation" data-cites="IOCCC">@IOCCC</span> mastodon feed</a> for updates.</p>
<p>Once the contest <a href="#closed">closes</a>, the judges will:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Select the <a href="years.html">winning entries</a> and announce them on the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc"><span class="citation" data-cites="IOCCC">@IOCCC</span>
mastodon feed</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Notify the <a href="authors.html">authors</a> of entries that won the contest
via email using their registered email address.</p></li>
<li><p>Announce who the <a href="authors.html">authors</a> are of this year’s <a href="years.html">winning IOCCC
entries</a> via the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc"><span class="citation" data-cites="IOCCC">@IOCCC</span> mastodon
feed</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Upload the winning code to the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner">Official IOCCC winner
repo</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update the <a href="index.html">Official IOCCC website</a>, and in particular
display this year’s <a href="years.html">winning IOCCC entries</a> at the top of the <a href="years.html">IOCCC
winning entries page</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update the <a href="news.html">IOCCC news</a> page.</p></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="closed">“<strong>closed</strong>”</h4>
<p>While contest is <strong><a href="#closed">CLOSED</a></strong>, you cannot <a href="next/register.html">register</a>
nor can you <a href="next/submit.html">upload submissions</a>. You have to wait for the
next contest to <a href="#open">open</a>.</p>
<p>See the <a href="years.html">IOCCC winning entries page</a> for the entries that have won
the <a href="index.html">IOCCC</a>.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: From time to time, <a href="years.html">winning IOCCC entries</a> may have their write-ups updated,
<code>Makefiles</code> improved, source code fixed etc. See <a href="news.html">IOCCC news</a> for details.</p>
<p>Watch both <a href="status.html">this IOCCC status page</a> and the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc"><span class="citation" data-cites="IOCCC">@IOCCC</span>
mastodon feed</a> for information about future
contest <a href="#open">openings</a>.</p>
<h2 id="news_update">news_update</h2>
<p>This shows the latest modification date for the <a href="news.html">IOCCC news</a> page.</p>
<p>The <strong>JSON</strong> member value is a <strong>JSON</strong> quoted string obtained from the date field
of the following <code>ls(1)</code> command:</p>
<pre><code> TZ=UTC ls -D &#39;%FT%T+00:00&#39; -ld news.html</code></pre>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: The date and time are given with respect to <strong>UTC</strong> timezone.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: It is possible that for some reason, the <a href="news.html">IOCCC news</a> page
was modified without the content being changed. While we will try to minimize
the cases where this happen, we apologize in advance (Sorry tm Canada 🇨🇦) when it does.</p>
<h2 id="status_update">status_update</h2>
<p>This shows the latest modification date of <a href="status.json">status.json</a> file.</p>
<p>The <strong>JSON</strong> member value is a <strong>JSON</strong> quoted string obtained from the date field
of the following <code>ls(1)</code> command:</p>
<pre><code> TZ=UTC ls -D &#39;%FT%T+00:00&#39; -ld status.json</code></pre>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: The date and time are given with respect to <strong>UTC</strong> timezone.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: It is possible that for some reason, the <a href="status.json">status.json</a> file
was modified without the content being changed. While we will try to minimize
the cases where this happen, we apologize in advance (Sorry tm Canada 🇨🇦) when it does.</p>
<p>Please see the
FAQ on “<a href="faq.html#status_json">status.json fields</a>”
for more information the above JSON fields.</p>
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