Self Appraisals

My company has moved the fiscal year, and as a result our performance appraisals will be moved to September of next year, rather than January of next year. Awesome! I always had to do my self-appraisal on or around my birthday. Nothing like sizing my work performance up for a birthday treat! Anywho, I wonder if the performance system we use is a 360 degree evaluation type of software? I have no idea, really. All I know is...this year, my appraisal will probably only take a day or two as opposed to the week it used to take me with my previous job. And to me, that's what counts the most. :)