For ex.: "Cycle to date usage messages" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.167.103.205 (talk) 23:48, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
That doesn't mean anything as far as I can tell. It sounds like something machine-translated from Japanese. Paul Davidson (talk) 00:45, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
The phrase "to date" is usually used to mean "up to the time of writing". e.g. "While edits to date have largely been constructive, we may see vandalism in the future." (Word usage mavens would probably say that such use is either redundant or excessively verbose.) You might also see signs like "Injuries to date: 123", indicating cumulative tallies. However, unless there is some further context to help, "Cycle to date usage messages" seems like poor wording. The best I can interpret is that it's list of all the usage messages encountered so far for the current "cycle". What this "cycle" is would be context dependent - in science fiction it's often used for a non-Earth day, or it may refer to some other recurring event that doesn't align with a conventional day/week/month/year period (e.g. the four years between World Cups may be considered a "cycle"). -- 174.24.195.56 (talk) 04:46, 21 June 2010 (UTC)