Due date

Due date

A due date is the date when a given thing is expected to arrive (when it is due which has a meaning similar to 'owe').

Assignment Due Dates

In homework, the due date is the date by which the homework must be handed in. Similarly, many other assignments in the business and public worlds have dates by which the task must be completed and returned to the person who assigned the task, their due dates.

Pregnancy Due Date

In pregnancy, the due date is the date near which a pregnant woman is expected to give birth. The word is often used personally, a woman will speak of it as "her due date".

See Pregnancy#Determining the start of pregnancy and predicting date of birth

ee also

* Naegele's rule


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