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by war1025 2357 days ago
I saw one of my aunts share this on Facebook and was unsure if it was actual advice or just the normal chain mail spam that gets passed around.

Thoughts?

2 comments

IMO, mostly chain mail.

1. Most contracts don't exist in isolation. They'll be associated with some sort of supporting event. Emails, text messages, etc.

2. Similarly, when a contract actually matters (under legal evaluation), it isn't evaluated in isolation. That includes establishing the validity of the contract. If the parties disagree on the date, that should raise red flags.

3. You should retain a copy of the contract no matter what.

4. Last, but not least. Anything of importance should (1) using the full date - perhaps even spelling out the month to avoid format differences (2) consider involving a 3rd party witness like a notary.

This one does make sense. I haven't read it yet, but I always write the full year. For 2020, if you abbreviate it as just 20, adding two more digits allows anyone to fake a future date into 79 years (2021, 2022.. 2099) etc However in the past, this would have been avoided since abbreviating 2019 as 19 and adding two digits would move you into the past which wont make sense always.
Moving a date into the past or the future can both be just as disruptive, depending on the application.