§490:3-113  Date of instrument.  (a)  An
instrument may be antedated or postdated.  The date stated determines the time
of payment if the instrument is payable at a fixed period after date.  Except
as provided in section 490:4-401(c), an instrument payable on demand is not
payable before the date of the instrument.



(b)  If an instrument is undated, its date is
the date of its issue or, in the case of an unissued instrument, the date it
first comes into possession of a holder. [L 1991, c 118, pt of §1]