Päiväykseen

Päiväykseen is a Finnish grammatical form, specifically the illative case of the noun päiväys, which means date or dating on a document. The illative marks movement toward or into a destination, sopäiväykseen is used to indicate entering or directing something into a date field or date-related context. In practice, päiväykseen appears mainly in technical, legal, or linguistic texts rather than in everyday speech.

In Finnish, the illative suffix for this noun yields the form päiväykseen, distinguishing it from other cases such as päväyksen (genitive) or päivämäärä (the word for “date” in common usage). Because päiväys refers to a date, päiväykseen tends to occur in contexts where actions are described as being directed toward or placed into a date field, or when illustrating how data should be entered in forms, templates, or databases.

Usage tends to be formal and specialized. In ordinary conversation, speakers usually opt for more common constructions, such as referring to the date in a field rather than explicitly using the illative form. Päiväykseen therefore functions primarily as a tool in form design, documentation practices, and linguistic discussions about case forms of date-related nouns.

See also: päiväys, illatiivi, päivitys, finnish grammar terms and usage.