How does one display a date and a time on one line? Example: Sep 25, 2019 20:59 How would this be displayed on one line? Adding another , after 2019 does not look/feel right to me. Is there a rule? Answer I would write either Sep 25, 2019 at 20:59 or 20:59 on Sep 25, … Read more
September October November December Presumably something Latin, but my (admittedly brief) search sees only mention of the number-based root words. More specifically, what does “-ber” mean? Answer From Etymonline: The -ber in four Latin month names is probably from -bris, an adjectival suffix. Tucker thinks that the first five months were named for their positions … Read more
If some validity period, say a promotion, specifies “valid through 2021”, does that mean until Dec 31, 2021, or Jan 1, 2021? This is in the USA, if this differs around the world. Answer In normal use, in the US, when “through” is used to refer to a chronological range, it implies that the range … Read more
I am writing (yet another) calendar software which should also support recurrent entries/events, i.e. entries that repeat in certain intervals. So far I have: “daily” – happens every day “weekly” – happens once every week “biweekly” – happens every other week “monthly” – happens once per month Is there any similar short adverb for event … Read more
What is the correct preposition when writing dates in the numerical format YYYY-MM-DD? I would argue that there are two possibilities, “on” or no preposition at all, but then again I’m not a native English speaker. So which if these would you consider (most) correct: “The experiemnt was carried out on 2019-05-21.” or “The experiemnt … Read more
I want to express in a technical specification document the outcome when comparing two dates. In programming language I can simply say if DateA is smaller than DateB but when translating this to regular language I’m not sure how this is written in English (not my main language). For some reason saying that DateA is … Read more
I am a Finnish speaker and in Finnish it is very common to speak out loud a date, say 7.9 or 13.2 or so, as (translating directly) seventh of ninth or thirteenth of second and so on. This assumes the day/month order. I have never seen this type of reading for dates but I know … Read more
I write the date in my résumé in the following format: 7/2017–present 4/2015–6/2017 8/2010–3/2015 Is this the right way to do it? I am asking because I also saw the following notation: 7/2017 – present 4/2015–6/2017 8/2010–3/2015 This notation doesn’t seem to be consistent. But since the “en dash” can be interpreted as “to” the … Read more
What’s the shortest abbreviation for a full date (day, month, and year) recommended by the Chicago Manual of Style? I know CMOS recommends against all-numeral dates, so I’d rather not use those. (I know that it says that, when absolutely required, one should follow the ISO standard: “YYYY-MM-DD”.) I’ve seen it recommend “Mon. D, YYYY” … Read more
Which of these three phrases is better/correct? Date at which it will be enabled Date for when it will be enabled Date on which it will be enabled This is for instructions to a user to enter a date. Answer “Date on which it will be enabled” is best. You can see why in the … Read more
