I bought a BOP magazine,took it home,then read the date...it said OCTOBER 2008!!!?

i remember when i used to buy bop and bb magazines, the months on them were sometimes a month ahead, like for example, right now september issues should be out, but instead its the october one. or unless now the magazine publishing dates have changed and the months on them are every other month. sometimes magazines do that. or they do that on special edition magazines. hope this wasnt confusing.