1931-34 is this a date format?

English translation: Yes//Years 1931 to 1934 (inclusive)

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English term or phrase:	1931-34 is this a date format?
Selected answer:	Yes//Years 1931 to 1934 (inclusive)
Entered by:	Taña Dalglish

22:45 Sep 21, 2008

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English term or phrase: 1931-34 is this a date format?

What is 34?

The longest recorded dry spell was in 1931-34 and lasted for 40 months

Abdelmonem Samir KudoZ activity Questions: 179 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 1265
Local time: 21:21

It means the years 1931 to 1934 (inclusive)

Explanation:
RootsWeb: NEW-ZEALAND-L [NZ] 1931-34 Births - [ Traducir esta página ]Subject: [NZ] 1931-34 Births Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 19:33:07 +1200. Greetings to all. Recently I applied to the Lower Hutt office for a ...
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NEW-ZEALAND/2000-08/0965201587 - 4k - En caché - Páginas similares

HTH

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-09-21 22:49:23 GMT)
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That is to say that the dry spell starting in the year 1931, extended through 1932 and 1933 and into 1934. (40 month total).

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-09-21 22:49:46 GMT)
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Oops started ...

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-09-21 22:50:21 GMT)
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Aargh!! 40 monthS in total.

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Note added at 2 days16 hrs (2008-09-24 15:13:46 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you Abdelmonem.

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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 13:21

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It means the years 1931 to 1934 (inclusive)

Taña Dalglish

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peer agreement (net): +19

It means the years 1931 to 1934 (inclusive)

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 13:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

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Egil Presttun

4 mins

-> Thank you so much Egil. Appreciate your support.

agree

Will Matter: Yup. From 1931 to 1934. 40 months, in total.

10 mins

-> Thanks Will. Appreciate it.

agree

Demi Ebrite

41 mins

-> Thank you so much debrite. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

agree

NancyLynn

57 mins

-> Thank you Nancy. I appreciate your support. Regards.

agree

David Hollywood: 1931-34

1 hr

-> Thanks David. Long time no see! Appreciate it.//Hmm! Common date format used: 1931-34 (to avoid repetition of the nos. "19..")

agree

Sabine Akabayov, PhD

1 hr

-> Thank you so much sibsab. Regards.

agree

Phong Le

3 hrs

-> Thank you so much Phong. I appreciate it.

agree

José J. Martínez: yes.

4 hrs

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agree

Gary D

4 hrs

-> Thank you too Gary. Appreciate your support.

agree

humbird

5 hrs

-> Thanks so much humbird.

agree

orientalhorizon

6 hrs

-> Many thanks orientalhorizon. Appreciate it.

agree

Edith Kelly

6 hrs

-> Thank you EdithK. Enjoy your week!

agree

Patricia Townshend (X)

6 hrs

-> Thank you very much Patricia. Enjoy your week!

agree

savaria (X): It's obvious!

7 hrs

-> Thank you savaria. No, can´t quite agree here; it may be obvious to you but not obvious to all .... ! But thanks again for your support.

agree

Elena Aleksandrova

7 hrs

-> Thank you so much Elena. Have a good week!

agree

Michelle Hertrich

8 hrs

-> Many thanks Michelle. Much appreciated.

agree

kyanzes

8 hrs

-> Thank you kyanzes. Regards.

agree

Jürgen Lakhal De Muynck

11 hrs

-> Thank you so much Jürgen. I appreciate your support.

agree

hollowman (X)

22 hrs

-> Thank you very much hollowman. Regards.

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