danielhaim1
commented
1 year ago That sounds interesting, I would like to investigate this further. Found some very nice notes here too, I'm adding some others below:
Dash in Dates & Numbers
- Between times: 1200–1600
- Between times: 6 am–8 am
- Between days: Monday–Friday
- Between dates: 12–15 October
- Between months: June–August
- Between years: 1967–1969
Dash in any range:
- Pages 2–4
- 100–150 people
Do's and Don'ts
Don't use "From" or "To"
Don't use the word "from" or "to" if you're using a dash to show a range. If you're not using a dash, then you can use "from" and "to." Don't mix these conventions.
- Correct: Lunch break is 1200–1300.
- Correct: Lunch break is from 1200 to 1300.
- Incorrect: Lunch break is from 1200–1300.
Another example:
- Incorrect: Nelson Mandela was president of South Africa from 1994–1999.
- Correct: Nelson Mandela was president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
- Incorrect: Homer eats between 60–75 donuts per month.
- Correct: Homer eats between 60 and 75 donuts per month.
samhenrigold
I was planning to add a line in punctuation.js to replace a hyphen between two numbers without a space with an en-dash (
14-31 days→"14–31 days").It looks like for ranges with a space, we're expecting it to be replaced with an em-dash. I'm unsure if this is by design but the test HTML (and the Chicago style) calls for an en-dash. Should this be corrected or is there a different rule for ranges with spaces that I'm missing?
Thanks!