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I am looking for an idiomatic way to say

Before 2020, X will have happened.

or

Between now and 2020, X will have happened.

Both aren't perfect and I can't figure out a better way.

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closed as not a real question by jwpat7, MετάEd, StoneyB, coleopterist, Mahnax Oct 1 '12 at 2:39

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Ok we corrected already - "By 2020" was the form I was looking for. Sorry for the noise.

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