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Rule "Future date, but verb in past tense"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Future date, but verb in past tense
	By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message:	The given date is in the future, but the verb is in past tense.
Category:	Semantics (ID: SEMANTICS)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/will-vs-going-to/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	We visited the client on 10/27/2040. I already informed the customer on 10/27/2040.
Correct sentences for comparison:	We visited the client on 10/27/2010. I already informed the customer on 10/27/2010. We will inform the client on 10/27/2010. He promised to do it before 30/08/2020. The date that was set is 12/31/2022. The date given was the 08/28/2022. They were supposed to be finished by 8/20/2022. They moved the expiration date to 08/28/2022. They rescheduled for 08/28/2022. We won't have it finished 8/2/2022. I wanted to know if I could start on 08/28/2022. They had agreed the project would begin from 08/28/2022 to 08/29/2022. It it set to auto-renew on 8/20/2022. They were set to be processed 8/20/2022, but something came up and that date got pushed back even further.
ID:	DATE_FUTURE_VERB_PAST [15]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-30 22:33:07 +0100)