When should I expect my compost to be ready for use?

There was already some material in the pile when I started it this last spring. I’ve been tending to it carefully, adding, turning occasionally, adding…
It got covered by snow this winter and still is a bit now. (By the way I mean to concoct a solution to this so that it might stay dryer during the snow/rain season; about which I’ll post another question later).
Do you think I’ll be able to use it by, say this coming spring?