esx 3.5 u2 has a timebomb

This morning the vmware community all around the world had any reason to scream out loud, seems like august 12th is a hard coded timebomb inside vmwares esx 35u2. vmware took the isos, patches and zips offline and now all the community is waiting for a patch.

In the meantime vmware suggests to turn off ntp and change the time back two days. also, they recommend to turn off drs, do not power off any vm and do not vmotion any vm. very awkward.