You want to have a 6:00 pm deadline on Tuesday. So, what’s the best way to set that up.
Rather than counting the days, let’s pick the date: That’s 18 February 20xx.
Now, if we are looking for a 6:00 pm deadline what’s the best way to say that?
Before 6:00 pm,
until 6:00 pm, and
by 6:00 pm,
all mean 5:59:59 pm.
That’s the real deadline, one second before the actual time specified. That could be risky.
Let’s be as accurate as possible
When you say “no later than 6:00 pm”, that’s actually 6:00 pm. That was the specific time you wanted.
Brian Madigan LL.B., Broker