RE: Publication Date formatting/styles

["Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>]

Su-Lyn wrote:

> Since it's a new year and a new release of our software, the printed
> documentation is getting a slight overhaul.  In my last position, we simply
> changed the published date from "October, 2006" to "January, 2007."  My new
> boss thought that you might write "October, 2006  January, 2007" or
> something like that.  What do the Internet enabled elite think?

Su-Lyn:

I don't think I've ever seen a range of printing dates like that.  Your boss may be thinking of copyright notices, which often do show a range, e.g.:

    Copyright (c) 2006-2007 XXXX, Inc.
    All Rights Reserved

Reprinted books sometimes indicate the first-edition printing date with a little note.  You could do the same:

    Published by XXXX, Inc.
    January 2007
    Printed in the United States of America

    First printing, October 2006

-Andrew

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