Switch 2 crazy release date?

So the other day I visited the local electronic store. There's a guy working there that I have been talking to from time to time. He told me things before, like when a specific Nintendo game would go on sale (bc they had ordered too many or something). However this time he told me something very surprising.

He said that: in their data base the Switch 2 is marked as releasing April 2nd. I thought it made no sense since that's the date for the Direct, so I asked him if he was sure. or if he had mistaken it for when preorders go live. But he said no, that's when it releases!

I think he's mistaken somehow. Or could nintendo be crazy enough to say at the end of that direct: it releases at midnight or something? Or is this at least confirming that preorders will go live at April 2nd?