I filed January 22nd and it says my return is still processing. Why is that?

[danhulford75]

Aparently when I called the IRS and waited on hold for 50 mins they said they will not start direct depositing refunds until the week of febuary 27th. Sadly I filed the 21st of January 

[garygullion]

I filed mine on the 22 of January mine as of today the 22nd of February it still says being processed I called the IRS they said all the ones that say that will be deposited on the 27th of February something about we are on a weekly update after they ran it through to test the system they put it back into rotation....I will never file early again