Date confidence

How certain a calendar date is: confirmed, rule, approximate or estimated.

How to read it

Confirmed — the issuer published the exact date. Rule — computed from a published rule (the first Friday, the third Wednesday) and exact indefinitely. Approximate — the agency publishes to a window, so the day may be off by one or two business days. Estimated — a vendor's guess, which often moves by more than a week.

How to use it

Check it before planning around a date, especially earnings dates, which are often estimated until the company confirms.

In Kereon

Calendar. Shown on every event.

Also called: confirmed, estimated, approximate, rule date.

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