2 people die in this world every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year! It's adds up to 85,000,000 people a year.
They are the record date or date of record and the ex-dividend date or ex-date.. When a company declares a dividend, it sets a record date when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend.hey are the record date or date of record and the ex-dividend date or ex-date.. When a company declares a dividend, it sets a record date when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend.
The shortest possible holding period to earn a dividend, therefore, is overnight: from the day before to the ex-dividend date. The sell order placed on the ex-dividend date will settle one day after the record date. You will have met the requirement to be shareholder of record on the record date.