Date concept - Definition

The word date was taken from the Latin "facta" which can be translated as "done" since it is the passive participle of "facere" verb meaning "to do."

The word date refers to the chronological time, and determines or specifies the exact day of the month in question, indicating its number within the month of the corresponding year.The year in the Gregorian calendar has 365 days, which are divided in 12 months, 30 or 31 days each, except the month of February that has 28 days, or 29 if the year is leap.Months are organized in weeks, and weeks in days, counted from Monday to Sunday, totaling seven days in each week.the dates appear in the calendars.

Determining the precise day of an event can be very relevant in public or private documents, since under these obligations payments of obligations can be established; For example, if in a payment we place that we will pay a certain amount from the date, this must be recorded in the document to be able to calculate the expiration date, or if a payment in installments is established, the date on which each of them expires, so that, if not paid, you can run the default from them.Sometimes, to date, it is further specified, adding the time.

The dates are placed in the letters, and other documents, to know when they were written, which can be extremely important for the evidentiary purposes: “The letter I received from my friend is dated after his death, so it is impossible that he could have written ”or“ We found two wills made by the deceased, but the one that is worth it is that of a later date ”.

In law, the expression "certain date" is used for that which has the presumption of being true.This occurs, for example, when there is a public official, such as a notary, who certifies it.

On a social level, dates also play an important role, for setting, for example, birth and birthday dates, which will serve to calculate age; the dates of anniversaries, of national and religious festivities, etc.: “I was invited to a birthday party, but the very distracted forgot to put the date on the card, so nobody can attend his party”, “The wedding date has been set for November 20 this year "or" the date of my son's birth coincided with that of my birthday."