19472012

19472012 is the concatenation of two calendar years, 1947 and 2012. It is not a standard historical label or widely recognized name. In scholarly and data contexts, the string is more often encountered as a label, identifier, or placeholder indicating a span or a coding convention rather than as a defined entity.

If read as a date range, the period from 1947 to 2012 encompasses substantial global changes and developments. The late 1940s marked the beginning of postwar reconstruction, the establishment of new international alignments, and the early waves of decolonization. The era spanning the Cold War (roughly 1947–1991) included geopolitical rivalry, regional conflicts, and rapid technological progress. The rise of computers, the birth of the internet, globalization, and dramatic economic shifts occurred across decades leading into the early 2010s. The interval also covers significant political reforms, social movements, and the transition to a more interconnected world.

In data and archival practice, 19472012 may appear as a shorthand for a dataset’s time coverage, a project’s duration, or an archival label. When used in this way, it is important to provide explicit context, such as the meaning of the endpoints and the inclusion rules (for example, whether endpoints are inclusive or exclusive). The term itself does not denote a single event or topic, but rather a marker that can organize information across a broad historical span.

See also date range notation, time span, archival labeling.