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Hi there. This is the person who edited the dates- my name's Mike- on February 16, 2011. I actually made the edits, then realized that I'd have to do it again if I wanted to create an account. Basically, I put the edits in because I am a practicing attorney, only in my third year, and I have had confusion in my own practice about the computation of time, as apparently, between my 2005 Civil Procedure appendix book that I still have from law school, and 2008 when I began really practicing civil litigation on the federal level, they changed the computation of time requirements and many of the deadlines. This led to consternation in my own practice, and I hope to save others the trouble. If you go to Westlaw, Lexis, or the free version of the FRCP that Cornell Law puts on the internet via the LII, you'll see that the "20 day" time period is no longer good law; it's now 21 calendar days. Same with the time to answer following the court's ruling or an order continuing a Rule 12 motion. These are the changes I made. Also: this is a great, great article/book that you made. I am emailing myself the link and am going to print it out and keep it for a quick "cheat sheet." Great work!

Best, Mike