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From Till Thru To Through
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16/02/2008 18:24:16
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
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01293202
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>I use From-Thru rather than From-Till in my apps if the second date/datetime is inclusive. For example, if a report should span yesterday and today then the Thru day is today while Till would produce a report without today. Is this correct usage of English?
>
>Terry McDonnell responded:
>In the UK we'd say "I work Monday to Friday" whereas in the US they say, I believe, "Monday through Friday".
>"till" or "until" implies a time deadline, as in "I work till 5 pm, Monday to Friday", so a time/date at which the action is finished, so not so intuitively inclusive.

>Re: Get all messages for today? Thread #1284590 Message #1284985
>
>How about the US-English? Perhaps some native US-Americans can tell more about it.

The rule will be in effect from Saturday 16 February 2008 to Monday 18 February 2008
I ain't skeert of nuttin eh?
Yikes! What was that?
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