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Days between declaration, ex-date, record and payable

Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from Do Stock Splits Change Your Dividend?.

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Days between declaration, ex-date, record and payable — 16 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
ex_dateex_date_prettydays_declared_before_exdays_ex_to_recorddays_ex_to_pay
2022-11-04November 4, 2022836
2023-02-10February 10, 2023836
2023-05-12May 12, 2023836
2023-08-11August 11, 2023836
2023-11-10November 10, 2023836
2024-02-09February 9, 2024836
2024-05-10May 10, 2024836
2024-08-12August 12, 20241103
2024-11-08November 8, 2024836
2025-02-10February 10, 20251103
2025-05-12May 12, 20251103
2025-08-11August 11, 20251103
2025-11-10November 10, 20251103
2026-02-09February 9, 20261103
2026-05-11May 11, 20261103
2026-08-10August 10, 20261103
Rows × columns
16 × 5
Period covered
to
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Days between declaration, ex-date, record and payable, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
ex_date date 2022-11-04 to 2026-08-10
ex_date_pretty text 16 distinct values
days_declared_before_ex number 8 to 11
days_ex_to_record number 0 to 3
days_ex_to_pay number 3 to 6

Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number 
SELECT
    toString(ex_dividend_date)                                                                                                   AS ex_date,
    concat(monthName(ex_dividend_date), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(ex_dividend_date)), ', ', toString(toYear(ex_dividend_date))) AS ex_date_pretty,
    dateDiff('day', max(declaration_date), ex_dividend_date)                                                                     AS days_declared_before_ex,
    dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, max(record_date))                                                                          AS days_ex_to_record,
    dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, max(pay_date))                                                                             AS days_ex_to_pay
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
  AND ex_dividend_date >= addYears(today(), -4)
  AND cash_amount > 0
  AND declaration_date > '1970-01-01'
  AND record_date > '1970-01-01'
  AND pay_date > '1970-01-01'
GROUP BY ex_dividend_date
ORDER BY ex_dividend_date

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