Got my thick head on what does this mean

shaun127 said:

When 2 arrows are this way >> before a date instead of this way << it means before the actual date, Dont It?

as >> 09/05/2017 means before todays date and not after todays date.

EDIT : sussed it why cant they just write before or after.

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shaun127 said:

Cheeky Barsteward

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