Aug 23, 2014 · @WS2 In speech, very nearly always. In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”.

Dec 9, 2010 · By most definitions, the date changes at midnight. That is, at the precise stroke of 12:00:00. That time, along with 12:00:00 noon, are technically neither AM or PM because AM and PM mean "ante-meridiem" and "post-meridiem", and noon and midnight are neither ante- nor post- meridiem.

Aug 28, 2014 · If, in a contract fr example, the text reads: "X has to finish the work by MM-DD-YYYY", does the "by" include the date or exclude it? In other words, will the work delivered on the specified date

Aug 16, 2011 · This is not good English. Either it was written by somebody for whom English is not a native language, in which case I wouldn't necessarily conclude anything about his interpretation from the text, or it was written in a hurry by someone who meant to put (you have until 18 August) in parentheses, in which you should deliver it by 23:59 on 18 August.

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Apr 29, 2013 · If "as of January 23rd" is adjectival, then not only can it mean. That I need all transactions from the beginning of time (so to speak) till January 23rd, and. That I need all transactions from January 23rd to now? but if "as of January 23rd" is adverbial, it can also mean "As of January 23rd, your job will include getting me all the transactions."

Apr 18, 2011 · I bought a bottle of juice today, and the "Best Before" date it's "11 MA 23". I always see "MA" as for March, but the store staff said that was May. What is your opinion?

Mar 5, 2013 · Although, by definition, “before Tuesday” actually means “by Monday at the latest”, many people still confuse “by” (up to AND including) and “before” (up to BUT excluding).

Jan 3, 2014 · A better pair of examples: "On September 23rd through the 26th, we will be going out to lunch." "From September 23rd through the 26th, we will be on vacation." That said, the implication is by no means definitive; 'from' could just as well be used in …

Jan 1, 2014 · In computing, the notion of date and time is often amalgamated into a single entity, a datetime. It may be required that a datetime is presented in a particular format.