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How's about: Start Date (assuming there is a date range to enter). Or, if
not, just "Enter Date:" with a note explaining the criteria in a pop-up.
Cheers,
Donald H. White
James River Technical Communications
804.795.2914
writer -at- jrtcllc -dot- com
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From: Mark Osborne [mailto:markosborne0802 -at- aol -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:46 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Name That (Date) Field!
Dear Techwr-lers,
The development team at my company is trying to come up with a name for a
date field in a web application UI that has recently evolved. The date
becomes a search condition for generating a list of projects that are within
a 180 days of their due dates. This date was recently the system date. We
called it the "run date" then because it was always the date on which the
report was generated. But the clients wanted the date value changed so they
could enter any date they want (within limits). We're still calling it the
run date or, informally, the "as-of" date since the list of projects
generated is "as of" the date entered. I've also thought of
"point-of-reference date," "reference date," or "post date," but nothing
seems to have caught on.
Any ideas? I figure that you all would be the experts.
Sorry, there's no prize for submitting the winning name, but I will report
back to let you know what was selected.
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