use-by date

English

Noun

use-by date (plural use-by dates)

1. The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed.
   • 2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “TfL is overflowing with ideas... but is short of capital”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 31:

     The 2023-24 winter has come and gone without a whisper of when the cork will come out of the bottle regarding an announcement about replacing the ailing 1972 Stock, which is now 15 years past its use-by date.

Coordinate terms

• best before date
• best-by date
• expiration date
• expiry date
• issue date
• sell-by date

Translations

The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed

• Azerbaijani: son istifadə tarixi
• Basque: iraungitze-data
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保質期 / 保质期 (zh) (bǎozhìqī)

• Danish: bedst før-dato c
• Finnish: parasta ennen -päiväys, viimeinen käyttöpäivä (fi)
• French: date de péremption (fr) f
• German: Verfallsdatum (de) n, Verbrauchsdatum (de) n
• Italian: data di scadenza f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utløpsdato m

• Spanish: fecha de caducidad f
• Swedish: bäst före-datum n
• Turkish: son kullanma tarihi, tercih edilen tüketim tarihi