the plain language of G.L.c. 31, §22 provides; “In any examination, the applicant shall be allowed seven days ... to file with the administrator a training and experience sheet and to receive credit for such training and experience as of the time designated by the administrator.” The written instructions on the training and experience rating sheet completed by DeFrancesco directed him to “rate [his] work experience as of the date of the examination.” Reading the statute and instructions together, it is clear that c. 31, §22 allows HRD to designate the cut-off time for calculating credit, and HRD has elected that credit be calculated as of the date of the exam. This conclusion is supported by prior decisions of the Civil Service Commission. Neville v. Wilmington, 18 MCSR 188 (2005) (<HOLDING>); Clark v. Department of Employment and
holding that the date of the federal indictment not the date of the state arrest was the triggering date for the speedytrial act holding that the date of transfer should be measured by the date that the transfer was good as against a subsequent bona fide purchaser or judgement holder which in accordance with applicable state law was the date of recordation as opposed to the date the deed was signed holding that the date of sale for an installment contract was the date of contract formation not the date of the last payment due holding that the date of discrimination is the date on which a decision not to hire a plaintiff becomes effective holding twentyfive  year preference time spans from applicants start date as a fulltime civil service police officer to the date of the exam