ended, ending

Figures for the period ending / ended 31 December. In referring to periods of time, ended is used to denote the terminal date when the time is in the past, and ending when the time is in the future or (in current use) in the past; so ending is never wrong. The word used of the initial date is always beginning, never begun.

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