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The entire sentence would be something like:

The Center will be established by March of 2015.

I feel confident writing "in March of 2015", but this sentence must convey the fact that at any time up to and including March the Center may be established, but not after.

Kyle
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  • See these related links for questions about using "by" a date: http://english.stackexchange.com/q/56335/18655 http://english.stackexchange.com/q/106167/18655 http://english.stackexchange.com/q/74450/18655 – JLG Jan 06 '15 at 23:47
  • Apologies for not being clearer. The part I'm asking about isn't whether "by" means what I think it means. I am interested in whether using "by" with [month] of [year] is grammatically correct. – Kyle Jan 06 '15 at 23:50
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    I think the answer to the question Edwin links to covers that, and according to that answer your sentence means that the centre will be established at some time up to and including March, but not later. (And yes, it's also grammatical). – Jon Hanna Jan 06 '15 at 23:58
  • I do not understand what you mean by “grammatically correct”; do you? – tchrist Jan 07 '15 at 00:01
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    Incorrect: The Center will be established at March of 2015. Correct: The Center will be established in March of 2015. – Kyle Jan 07 '15 at 00:05
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    To be clear though, I'd suggest saying, "The Center will be established by the end of March 2015" otherwise I might interpret "by March" to mean that it'll be open by the time March 2015 arrives which means on March 1st I'm going to start asking you why it's not open yet because you said it would be. For some reason I interpret by March 24th to mean by the end of March 24th but by a month to mean by the start of that month. – Jim Jan 07 '15 at 01:18

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