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Excuse me, Is "date" used for showing that something or a program is continuing and has not finished or stopped yet.
So this is in a form:
Date Began Offering Program
Date Stopped Offering Program

These are labels/headings: If we translate these into full sentences we would have:

Please state the date on which the Offering Program began
Please state the date on which the Offering Program stopped

The date simply means the calendar date, such as 23 July 2024. The word date doesn’t imply anything about the state of the program.
Thanks. I know the meaning of date but
I want to answer the second question and say that it has not stopped. Now it is running.
Is it common to use just the word "date" to answer this question showing my purpose?
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Thanks. I know the meaning of date but
I want to answer the second question and say that it has not stopped. Now it is running.
Is it common to use just the word "date" to answer this question showing my purpose?
No. As it is phrased, you would just have to leave it blank or put "in progress".

But the phrasing is strange because "stopped" (which is a past tense, even in this abbreviated phrase) implies it has already ended. It would be more normal to see something like:
Starting date of offering program:
Ending date of offering program:

or (more abbreviated)
Offering program start date:
Offering program end date:
Thanks. I know the meaning of date but
I want to answer the second question and say that it has not stopped. Now it is running.
Is it common to use just the word "date" to answer this question showing my purpose?
No. If it hasn’t stopped you would leave it blank or say Not applicable (N/A)
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