Dibs on year-clipping in the 3rd Millennium

[W Brewer]

MM: <<Given the need for compactness in order to fit all the data and
metadata into the chart, I hardly think this counts as notable.>>
WB:  So what about the writing of <January 2014> as <January (14)>?
<(14)> looks more compact (due to kerning) than <2014>, but no such
improvement over <'14>. Notability is subjective and irrelevant. Comments
regarding chronology would be eminently more helpful.

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