How do I write a date range? What is the best time to outline a plan to use ( 6 May to 8 June) in a concise way?
I try to write dates as one of: 2014-01-03 3
- Jan
- 2013 3 Jan
- 2013 avoiding slashes
altogether so as to avoid any ambiguity with American dating formats. What do you recommend for situations where you need a short format; especially when dealing with ranges?
What’s a good way of handling something like:
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rotation | Date | Name | | ----------- | ---- | | 1/3 – 1/9 | John | | 1/10 – 1/16 | Jill | | | 1/17 – 1/23 |
Mark | in a way that works on both sides of the pond?
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If a day is in a 12 month, what affects their inherit ambiguity? If it is a day and a month, then either number would be a valid date. What do all dates mean?
The way I would go about this is to write it in a slightly longer format, which would be the following (dates changed from the example for clarity):
| Date | Name | | | ----------- | | | FEB/9 | John | | MAR/10 – APR/16 | Jill | | May/17 – JUN 23 | Mark |
What are commonly used abbreviations would be clear to almost any reader of English. If time is taken off from “date or month” then do the same thing to the other way round, instead of the month or the date.
Another possible format for a Title is to keep it as specified, but declare to the Title section how it is written. For example:
| Date (DD/MM)| Name | ----------- | | 1/3 – 1/9 | John | | 1/10 – 1/16 | Jill | | 1/17 – 1/23 | Mark | This would allow
you to keep the dates in the same format, but make it clear how the dates are actually formatted.
How do I explain to people that a range is a range? I have “-> seen “-> ” in use before. I explain in plain English? An arrow is clear that it goes from one date to the other and only “costs” two characters.
| Date | Name | | ----------- | > "| 1/3 –> –> 1/9 | John | 1/10 –> –> 1/16 | Jill | | 1/17 –> –> 1/23 | Mark
| You could also use the word “to”, which would be clearly on it’s own..
If a day is in a 12 month, what affects their inherit ambiguity? If it is a day and a month, then either number would be a valid date. What do all dates mean?
The way I would go about this is to write it in a slightly longer format, which would be the following (dates changed from the example for clarity):
| Date | Name | | | ----------- | | | FEB/9 | John | | MAR/10 – APR/16 | Jill | | May/17 – JUN 23 | Mark |
What are commonly used abbreviations would be clear to almost any reader of English. If time is taken off from “date or month” then do the same thing to the other way round, instead of the month or the date.
Another possible format for a Title is to keep it as specified, but declare to the Title section how it is written. For example:
| Date (DD/MM)| Name | ----------- | | 1/3 – 1/9 | John | | 1/10 – 1/16 | Jill | | 1/17 – 1/23 | Mark | This would allow
you to keep the dates in the same format, but make it clear how the dates are actually formatted.
How do I explain to people that a range is a range? I have “-> seen “-> ” in use before. I explain in plain English? An arrow is clear that it goes from one date to the other and only “costs” two characters.
| Date | Name | | ----------- | > "| 1/3 –> –> 1/9 | John | 1/10 –> –> 1/16 | Jill | | 1/17 –> –> 1/23 | Mark
| You could also use the word “to”, which would be clearly on it’s own..
If a day is in a 12 month, what affects their inherit ambiguity? If it is a day and a month, then either number would be a valid date. What do all dates mean?
The way I would go about this is to write it in a slightly longer format, which would be the following (dates changed from the example for clarity):
| Date | Name | | | ----------- | | | FEB/9 | John | | MAR/10 – APR/16 | Jill | | May/17 – JUN 23 | Mark |
What are commonly used abbreviations would be clear to almost any reader of English. If time is taken off from “date or month” then do the same thing to the other way round, instead of the month or the date.
Another possible format for a Title is to keep it as specified, but declare to the Title section how it is written. For example:
| Date (DD/MM)| Name | ----------- | | 1/3 – 1/9 | John | | 1/10 – 1/16 | Jill | | 1/17 – 1/23 | Mark | This would allow
you to keep the dates in the same format, but make it clear how the dates are actually formatted.
How do I explain to people that a range is a range? I have “-> seen “-> ” in use before. I explain in plain English? An arrow is clear that it goes from one date to the other and only “costs” two characters.
| Date | Name | | ----------- | > "| 1/3 –> –> 1/9 | John | 1/10 –> –> 1/16 | Jill | | 1/17 –> –> 1/23 | Mark
| You could also use the word “to”, which would be clearly on it’s own..
I think both of the following are unambiguous:
09.19.09/feb
15mar-17feb
15mar-29jan 2012.
Is it natural to drop your year on 16th?
| Date | | -------- | | | 03Jan – 09Jan | John | | 10Jan – 16Jan | Jill | | 17Jan – 23Jan | Mark | It's quite easy
to add in a 2-digit year when the date range spans over the year end.
What do you think about new formats
for the new year?
At the cost of a bit more mental processing, you may also use two-letter month abbreviations, such as http://fr.wikipedia.org/. org/wiki/Mois.org./Mois (=_________________ ). What should I do to suggest the code bilingue column, but there is no two-letter consensus in English, likely because of the confusion between March and May.)
Is it natural to drop your year on 16th?
| Date | | -------- | | | 03Jan – 09Jan | John | | 10Jan – 16Jan | Jill | | 17Jan – 23Jan | Mark | It's quite easy
to add in a 2-digit year when the date range spans over the year end.
What do you think about new formats
for the new year?
At the cost of a bit more mental processing, you may also use two-letter month abbreviations, such as http://fr.wikipedia.org/. org/wiki/Mois.org./Mois (=_________________ ). What should I do to suggest the code bilingue column, but there is no two-letter consensus in English, likely because of the confusion between March and May.)
I think both of the following are unambiguous:
09.19.09/feb
15mar-17feb
15mar-29jan 2012.
If a day is in a 12 month, what affects their inherit ambiguity? If it is a day and a month, then either number would be a valid date. What do all dates mean?
The way I would go about this is to write it in a slightly longer format, which would be the following (dates changed from the example for clarity):
| Date | Name | | | ----------- | | | FEB/9 | John | | MAR/10 – APR/16 | Jill | | May/17 – JUN 23 | Mark |
What are commonly used abbreviations would be clear to almost any reader of English. If time is taken off from “date or month” then do the same thing to the other way round, instead of the month or the date.
Another possible format for a Title is to keep it as specified, but declare to the Title section how it is written. For example:
| Date (DD/MM)| Name | ----------- | | 1/3 – 1/9 | John | | 1/10 – 1/16 | Jill | | 1/17 – 1/23 | Mark | This would allow
you to keep the dates in the same format, but make it clear how the dates are actually formatted.
How do I explain to people that a range is a range? I have “-> seen “-> ” in use before. I explain in plain English? An arrow is clear that it goes from one date to the other and only “costs” two characters.
| Date | Name | | ----------- | > "| 1/3 –> –> 1/9 | John | 1/10 –> –> 1/16 | Jill | | 1/17 –> –> 1/23 | Mark
| You could also use the word “to”, which would be clearly on it’s own..
I think both of the following are unambiguous:
09.19.09/feb
15mar-17feb
15mar-29jan 2012.
I think both of the following are unambiguous:
09.19.09/feb
15mar-17feb
15mar-29jan 2012.
