I am using Bitcoin Core as a wallet that holds some BTC that I would like to split for the various forks. If I understand correctly, I can send the BTC first to a new wallet (address) and then once the funds are transferred it would be safe to import the now "old" private keys to the new forked client wallet.

My question is, if I can simply rename the old wallet.dat to something else and let the core client create new wallet.dat file, is the new file considered the same as having brand new keys or would I need to completely uninstall the Bitcoin Core client and start from scratch?

So my plan would be to rename my current wallet.dat to something like wallet.old, restart the client and let it generate a new wallet.dat with new private keys and addresses. I could then write down one of the new bitcoin addresses, and then do the same thing but in reverse; rename the new wallet.dat to wallet.new, rename wallet.old back to wallet.dat, fire up the core client and then transfer the btc in the old wallet to my new address in the new wallet.dat file.

Does this process seem correct? Any help or suggestion are much appreciated as I think I understand how the process works but sometimes that can be dangerous.

[UPDATE:]

Just seen this:

We’re thrilled to announce a start date to the community:
November 12, 2017 – 7:00 PM (19:00 UTC)

https://bitcoingold.org/bitcoin-gold-launch/


UTC to Local Time Converter: http://time.unitarium.com/utc/19   (for those who have trouble with the conversion like me)


UPDATE: Launch is still on track...

We’re thrilled to report the testnet has been a complete success.
All systems are GO for Mainnet Launch in 24 hours!
November 12, 7 PM (19:00 UTC)

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