apostrophe in plural dates

I found an online poll having the discussion as follow :

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Do you use an apostrophe in plural dates?

eg,

1. 1962's
2. 1962s'

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Do we have 1962s? I thought there's only one the year of 1962?


Ju

I don't recall ever seeing such a formulation. We do have "the 60s" or "the 90s" to refer to a decade or era.

I suppose you could talk about how 1962's new cars were spectacular, but that is unusual.

not a teacher

1960s or 1960's is quite common to describe the decade of the years 1960-1969. Never heard of 1962's either.

Michael84 said:

not a teacher

1960s or 1960's is quite common to describe the decade of the years 1960-1969. Never heard of 1962's either.

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I strongly recommend NOT using the apostrophe in the 1960s. There's no need for it.

I suppose if you're writing a science fiction book and there are numerous parallel universes, you can have many 1962s, but otherwise, it's not going to be plural.

Apostrophes do NOT form plurals with the exception of a few non-words, like "He got all A's on his report card," so it doesn't look like the word "As."

The poll refers to decades like 1970s/1970's:
Poll: Do you use an apostrophe in plural dates? - Language Polls - UsingEnglish.com

Barb_D said:

I strongly recommend NOT using the apostrophe in the 1960s. There's no need for it.

I suppose if you're writing a science fiction book and there are numerous parallel universes, you can have many 1962s, but otherwise, it's not going to be plural.

Apostrophes do NOT form plurals with the exception of a few non-words, like "He got all A's on his report card," so it doesn't look like the word "As."

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Yes I know that. I'd not use 1960's either. This is widely used though it is "bad language" (according to the rules).
"CD's" is another bad example in my opinion.

I avoid apostrophes for plural as much as possible. Mind your P's and Q's is a case like Barb's A's where it might help. I can't see the need with CD or decades.