So to answer both questions I will be more clear, forgive me if this sounds rude, I just want to be very clear in what i say.
Play started Thursday October 26th, 2017 at 11AM EST (that's my time zone)
The countdown clock at that time said 21d 23h, meaning it's a 22 day event
At 5pm, Thursday October 26th, EST, my count down clock said 20d 19h.
You CAN NOT lose an ENTIRE DAY in 6 hours, unless I've entered some funky time loop that I'm not aware of.
This means my countdown clock is wrong, by approximately 19 - 21 hours
At this moment in time, the countdown clock should say, for EVERY PLAYER! 20d 19h, or something VERY near to that, perhaps 20d 20h or 20d 18h - if it says ANYTHING other than that, your countdown clock is glitched too and we need to tell the customer service team.
I hope this clears things up and I feel better that I'm not the only one who had a glitch. I feel as though this ENTIRE event is glitched, with all the notes I see on Facebook and Twitter. I'm playing as hard as I can, without spending money, because I've technically lost almost a full day and it's not right.