Based on last year, I would guess that EA decisions are released on Friday 1/16 (apparently, the third Friday of January has been a recent pattern). Last year, decisions were released at 4 PM EST on Friday 1/17 – For applicants who were deferred, there was a line in their deferral letter inviting them to switch to ED2 (even though it was technically 2 days after the ED2 deadline). I would expect something similar again this year…