Pre-ordering albums before their release date

If I pre-order an album prior to its official release date, does anyone know at what time of day during the release date I can download it?
The album in question is released tomorrow (April 25). Can I download it at midnight? If so, midnight in what time zone?
Has anyone else pre-ordered an album prior to its release date?

p13, you will be notified by e-mail when the store has placed the album in your account for download. Don't attempt to download prior to that because if there are any extras you will not get them. Word of warning, the one time I pre-ordered, I wasn't notified until about 5PM that the download was available in my account.

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