DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT ABBREVIATING THE YEAR 2020

Police Issue Warning About Abbreviating the Year 2020 When Signing Documents

 

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It’s a new year, and this time, when signing the date, it’s a very big change. Sometimes it’s hard enough remembering to sign the new year when dating documents, but this time, according to the police, it’s also important to remember to write out the full year.

If you were used to abbreviating 2019 to simply 19 when signing documents last year, this year, police suggest writing 2020 when signing documents and never shortening it to simply 20.

At first, this may seem like odd advice. Shortening the year to the last two numbers is very common, so it might seem strange to have to do things a little bit differently this particular year.

When explained, it makes a lot of sense. A recent Facebook post from the East Millinocket Police Department gave a really good example of why it’s important to write out the full year. “March 3rd, 2020 being written as 3/3/20 could be modified to 3/3/2017 or 3/3/2018.”