day-and-date

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “"Same date" implies "same day", so why the redundancy in this phrase?”)

Adjective

day-and-date (not comparable)

1. Designating the release of a film on multiple platforms, most commonly theatrical and home 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, page 108:

     Like Cuban, the Independent Film Channel has participated in a variation of day-and-date releasing, agreeing to release twenty-four films simultaneously in theaters and on cable through their First Take Initiative […]