19211985

19211985 is a string composed of the digits 1, 9, 2, 1, 1, 9, 8, 5. In biographical and archival contexts, sequences like 19211985 are sometimes used as a compact representation of a person’s lifespan when the dash is omitted, encoding the years of birth (1921) and death (1985). More common in proper typography is 1921–1985, with an en dash; in certain data formats, especially plain text or systems that do not support punctuation, the two years may be concatenated as 19211985. The interpretation is context-dependent: in a biographical catalog or historical dataset, 19211985 typically indicates a person born in 1921 who died in 1985; elsewhere it could be a date range or an identifier that encodes two separate years.

In digital databases, 19211985 may appear in identifiers, file names, inventory codes, or search indices. It is not a standard date format and cannot be parsed as a single calendar date. When presenting to readers, the conventional form 1921–1985 is preferred to avoid ambiguity. If the snippet appears in a biography section, readers should confirm by cross-referencing full dates elsewhere in the record.

As a numeric sequence, 19211985 has no inherent meaning beyond the two-year values it contains, and it does not imply any particular events or individuals by itself. It serves mainly as a compact chronological shorthand in certain archival and data-management practices.