Aug 28, 2014 · Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on that date - that is, before the specified day ends. Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on the previous date - that is, before the specified day begins. Due at or before a specific time on the date, such as the …

But people often take today to be the first day of the count, so if on Monday someone says "within 3 days" they are thinking day 1=today, Monday; day 2=Tuesday, day 3=Wednesday. There's also the perennial question of whether the last day ends on the multiple of 24 hours from the time when the deadline was given, if it means midnight of that day ...

Millennia are made of centuries and decades, centuries of decades and years. Years are months, months of weeks, but not precisely. Days are made of hours, but what do we call the several imprecise periods in a day: morning, noon time, afternoon, evening, night?

Commented Aug 23, 2014 at 5:48 3 @tohecz You are correct that in the US they were baseline in C.20 , but historically they are superscript in English - it's a style of abbreviation, e.g. 'equation'->'eq^n' (superscript may be underlined too).

Aug 16, 2011 · As no time was supplied, it might be compromised to be high noon August 18, 2011. I guarentee you though, it definitely means before the end of the business day August 18, 2011, whatever hour that may be, and more than likely does not mean until midnight the following day unless they have 24 hour receiving.

Dec 9, 2010 · Should not be confusing to anyone. Plus, since the only confusion could possibly be that it was due a day earlier, there can be no misunderstanding excuse for not getting the paper in on time. ;-) The entire convention is based on the typical human schedule of being awake during the day and asleep during the night. Even the 'wee hours' can be ...

Aug 18, 2021 · Note that the "work day" instances are likely contaminated by false positives that don't mean the same as "workday". For example: "He had to work day in and day out." So "workday" is certainly even more dominant than your Ngram result would suggest. –

Apr 24, 2011 · Tea = From 2:00pm - 5:00pm (also a drink/beverage) Dinner = From 5:00pm - 10:00pm; Supper = From 7:00pm - 12:00am; Snack = (single food item between meals) Meal terms also depending on what you had to eat & drink, as well as number of courses and who was coming or who you were speaking to social, economic & cultural setting.

May 24, 2023 · Business as usual refers broadly to any situation where everything is proceeding as normal and as expected. In a business context, a BAU process is any element of day-to-day operations that are largely the same day after day.

Mar 10, 2023 · To sum-up, I think "later in the day" is the much more common/idiomatic form, but some people seem to use "later on the day" as a sort of short form for "later in the day on a specific day". This is more common with announcing results, winners, etc but perhaps with some other verbs or situations that I have not considered.