# Hold mail "end date"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-mail-end-date/821762>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 23, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-mail-end-date/821762 "2018-09-23T01:35:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-mail-end-date/821762/1 "2018-09-23T01:35:28Z")

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Wonder when USPS “holds mail”, whether its end date means the day it delivers accumulated mail or the next day that it will deliver? i.e., if hold mail “ends” on 9/25, does it still hold mail through that day and delivers it on 9/26, or does it deliver on 9/25?

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**Author:** ![yearofglad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b782af/32.png) [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-mail-end-date/821762/2 "2018-09-23T01:45:05Z")

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[This page](http://faq.usps.com/?articleId=220774) indicates it’s the day you specify as an end date.

I’ve used Hold Mail in the past, and I don’t recall if this is the case or not, but that’s what the site says, anyway. You could call the number on the page I linked to for a more authoritative answer, I suppose.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-mail-end-date/821762/3 "2018-09-23T10:00:27Z")

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I use Hold Mail frequently, and _yearofglad_’s link is correct. The “end date” is the day they deliver it to your mailbox.