Legal paper, what’s it asking for?
Legal paper, what’s it asking for?
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Major Fallout

Original Poster:

5,278 posts

262 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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Dated..... this day of ..... 20



Eh?

Raddors

539 posts

179 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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I believe its just the date. So today is:

Dated this 5th Day of March 2019

alorotom

12,792 posts

218 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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Raddors said:
I believe its just the date. So today is:

Dated this 5th Day of March 2019
Yup

mintybiscuit

2,868 posts

176 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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But the last 2 digits are 20 ! confused

anonymous-user

85 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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mintybiscuit said:
But the last 2 digits are 20 ! confused
So you write 19 after them.


For clarity there should be some dots after the 20 as well.

Major Fallout

Original Poster:

5,278 posts

262 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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Thank you!

Jasandjules

72,683 posts

260 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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It is asking you to put the date you signed.....

Pica-Pica

16,712 posts

115 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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alorotom said:
Raddors said:
I believe its just the date. So today is:

Dated this 5th Day of March 2019
Yup
Or better 05th Day of March 2019

Always put a number before a single day number, that is put 05 so that 5 cannot converted into 15 or 25. Always write the month rather than a number, to avoid cases where it may be an international document and USA day/month number orders may apply. Even better, use ISO dating, i.e.
2019030
Although many people will not understand that, but that is what we used in a multi-national company.

JxJ Jr.

653 posts

101 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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desolate said:
mintybiscuit said:
But the last 2 digits are 20 ! confused
So you write 19 after them.
Or wait 10 months.

Repel_Max

1,860 posts

147 months

Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Consider getting someone else to look at the paper for you.

Dogwatch

6,385 posts

253 months

Wednesday 6th March 2019
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I've seen plenty of documents with this form of date but still had to think about this one.

I wouldn't be too happy with a document which has the signature and date on a sheet of its own. The less than scrupulous could attach the signature page to a modified document the signatory wouldn't have agreed to.

speedking31

3,964 posts

167 months

Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Pica-Pica said:
Even better, use ISO dating, i.e.
2019030
... unless you miss a digit off the end wink