Suppose one has to develop for the entire world an American would likely use Through and Until. (I guess Thru is no longer an option?)
Leaves me wondering what UK-English speaking people think of that.
>I agree with Tamar, except that most customers I've worked with assume
until or
to do NOT included the 2nd date but only the day before while
through clearly includes the 2nd date.
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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?
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>>Terry McDonnell responded:
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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.>>
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>>How about the US-English? Perhaps some native US-Americans can tell more about it.
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