It was counting down from 6 months. I think it had got down to about 3 weeks before this announcement came. The countdown was originally set based on a comment that vjeux made in a blog post when React Native for iOS was released, where he asked for 6 months of patience from the community before releasing the Android version. the reactnativeandroid.com website wasn't exactly the most patient reaction, but count me among those who are glad that it served to motivate the team to get their great work out the door. :)
