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Symbol origin
Standardised as an emoji in Unicode 6.0, released in October 2010. Most varieties of this symbol depict the calendar as showing 17 July; this practice originated with Apple's version of the emoji, as this referenced the premiere date of their calendar application for  in 2002. After the creation of by  in 2014 on 17 July (based on the date depicted on the Apple calendar emoji), other operating systems have altered their versions of the calendar emoji to also depict the 17 July date.

Depiction
A single date on a calendar (usually 17 July), generally depicting a torn off, square page (but see usage notes).

Symbol

 * 1) Date; time; schedules; observances.
 * 1) Date; time; schedules; observances.

Usage notes

 * The display of this emoji differs by operating system and platform. The most common depiction is the torn off page of a desk calendar (thereby having two holes at the top), with the day in large black text admist a white background with the name of the month in white fronting a red background at the top. A stylised variation of this design is utilised by Apple, Google's, Facebook, and  (used by Twitter,  and );  instead uses a blue background for the month.  depicts a calendar with nine squares representing days, one highlighted with light blue. Most venues display 17 July in reference to World Emoji Day; however, WhatsApp displays 24 February (the date of its incorporation in 2009), while Facebook states 14 May—which is founder 's birthday (born 1984).