'dated' or 'dated on'

[Casiopea]

If I understand, you say that on is just used to stress the importance of the date, while 2006 says that dated on indicates the day that the date was printed on a magazine.

From my perspective, 2006 and I agree.

I'm afraid I really can't grasp the difference between dated and dated on. Is it really just a matter of importance? Is it just a nuance or does it completely change the meaning of the sentence?

It depends on the context. 2006's product example is a case in point. (I'll use yoghurt as the product.) A container of yoghurt is dated twice: one date tells us when the yoghurt was made, the other date tells us when the yoghurt expires. The dates on that container read,

made: 2007/06/27*
expires: 2007/07/03

Ex: The yoghurt dated to expire on 2007/07/03 ...
Ex: The yoghurt dated 2007/07/03 ....
Ex: The yoghurt dated on 2007/07/03 ....

Ex: The yoghurt dated on 2007/06/27.
Ex: The yoghurt dated 2007/06/27 ...


Now, with things that don't expire, like letters, things that have just the one date, the word dated points us to a reference number, whereas the phrase dated on tells us the date is contextually important:

Ex: In a letter dated on or about August 7, 1997, Mr. Plisner wrote to Ms. Krohn [on that day or about August 7]and asked for copies of certain data about D. Upon receiving no response, ... [/url=http://www.ipad.state.mn.us/opinions/1997/97047.html]Source[/url]

The author of that sentence could have omitted on or about and sentence would be as clear as it is now; however, adding on (or about) changes the meaning slightly in that it tells us the date that follows is important in some way:

Ex: In a letter dated August 7, 1997, Mr. Plisner wrote ...


Does that help?
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*International standard date and time notation

[Englishlanguage]

I'll try to shematize it in a few points in order to fix ideas.
If I understand,
a) dated on is used:
a1) to stress the importance of a date
a2) when talking about products/writings/articles to refer to the exact date it was made/written/etc.
b) dated has a more general and less specific meaning

Am I right?

[Casiopea]

Englishlanguage, you are correct.

[Englishlanguage]

Englishlanguage, you are correct.

Thank you very much

...and I apologize to mir12480 for breaking into his thread. Sorry