ZIZEK!
Well he's not really a philosopher.
Ok, I really hate people that come into philosophy with preconceived beliefs and then use philosophy to try to justify those beliefs, I think philosophy should be done in a more 'what do the arguments/evidence actually show'. So towards that view, I'm going to say William Craig, in terms of his 'apologetic' works. I know he's published on philosophy of time as well, but I haven't read any of that.
In terms of historical figures not in the continental linage (Hegel is too low hanging for me to even care about) I'm going to say Malebranche. His metaphysical views are hella dumb.
Yeah, unless you've seen rejections, wait-lists, and acceptances go out and haven't heard anything I would say it's a bad idea to contact them. Let them do their thing, but make sure they have your application, or whatever, which you can probably do online at most places now adays.
If you look at other posters you can see a lot of people don't change that date from the current date, plus the time thing here is a bit weird. I REALLY think you guys are reading into this too much.
Congrats! Do you know if they are calling any more today? Looks like the first two schools of mine are releasing stuff today, but no word yet. And I was hoping for a a stress-less Saturday...
God that suuuucks so much. I freaked out when I had an email from a place the other day, but it was just someone asking for another copy of my transcript because apparently it was 'too small to read' which is just the way my transcript is printed.