I write a reminder a few days before the date just in case.

我在该日期几天前写一个提醒，以防万一。

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For example, as shown in Figure 1, a reminder alert occurs 7 days before the milestone date, and three late alerts occur 1, 3, and 7 days respectively after the milestone deadline.

例如，如图1所示，一个提醒警报在里程碑日期前7天生成，另外3个延迟警报分别在里程碑最后期限之后的第1、3、和7天生成。

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Backpack has a compact calendar date and time picker for selecting a reminder date.

Backpack为选择提醒日期提供了一个简洁的日历控件。

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Next time, could you send a reminder closer to the date of the event.

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The date has been designated by UNESCO as Slavery Remembrance Day, a reminder that enslaved Africans were the main agents of their own liberation.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: 2010 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

It also serves, along with the implied threat of attack that it carries, as a reminder of al Qaeda's most "successful" operation to date: The Madrid train bombings of 2004.

CNN: Analysis: Afghanistan top of al Qaeda's agenda