If I say that an event is being moved UP, does that mean it's earlier, or later? What about being moved BACK?

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Answers:
Not quite.

Up means "closer" to today's date. So for a future event, "up" means earlier (closer to now), but for a past event "up" means later (again, closer to now). "Back" means the opposite.

For example:
-- Future event: I have a doctor's appointment for May 12. I reschedule, and change it to May 15. I have moved it BACK (later; farther into the future).
-- Past event: I've been trying to trace my ancestors, and the earliest one I found was a great-great-great grandfather born in 1855. But today I found an earlier one, born in 1840. I have pushed the records farther BACK (earlier; farther into the past).
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