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		eslaught on March 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em da... Since we're here, what kind of dash do you use for dates? 2023-03-12 I've tried to be more dash-correct, but I've realized there are corner cases that none of these guides address.

layer8 on March 12, 2023 [–]

ISO 8601 specifies to use a hyphen. In freeform text this also makes sense in that you could use an en-dash to specify a date range: 2023-03-12–2023-04-10. (ISO 8601 uses slashes for time intervals.)

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