A while back, Marvel printed Civil War #2, wherein Spider-Man revealed to the general public that he was Peter Parker.
Almost exactly two years prior to this, in Daredevil #60:

Therefore, whenever Marvel tells you “we planned this out years in advance” – by “years,” they mean “two.”
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