(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “"Same date" implies "same day", so why the redundancy in this phrase?”)
day-and-date (notcomparable)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: specifying which timedata is to be filled in: theday of the week and thecalendar date, such as "Friday, 17 May".
- Designating therelease of afilm on multipleplatforms, most commonlytheatrical andhome video, on the exact same day, or in very close proximity to each other.
2009, Chuck Tryon,Reinventing Cinema: Movies in the Age of Media Convergence, page108:Like Cuban, the Independent Film Channel has participated in a variation ofday-and-date releasing, agreeing to release twenty-four films simultaneously in theaters and on cable through their First Take Initiative[…]
