Nearer the date

[Yueehs]

Do these sound natural?

1) I will let you know when it's nearer the date.
2) I will let you know when the date is nearer.

 

[Rover_KE]

In what context?

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

I will remind you when the appointment is coming up.

(It's hard for me to figure out how your sentences have any practical application.)

 

[emsr2d2]

Neither of those sounds natural to me, whatever the context. I've certainly used "I'll let you know nearer the time/date".

 

[Phaedrus]

Do these sound natural?

1) I will let you know when it's nearer the date.
2) I will let you know when the date is nearer.

I'd find these more natural:

1a) I'll let you know when we're nearer the date.
2a) I'll let you know when the date is closer.

 

[tedmc]

...when the date draws nearer/closer.

 

[5jj]

...when the date draws nearer/closer.

They're grammatically OK, but I can't imagine myself saying them.

 

[emsr2d2]

All the alternatives given in the responses are grammatically correct but they don't change the fact that, in BrE, it's generally "I'll let you know nearer the time". That works whether the thing under discussion is a date or a time.

Harry: I'm having a birthday party on October the fifteenth.
Helen: How exciting! Where?
Harry: Not sure yet. I'll let you know nearer the time.

Sam: Can you come to a meeting tomorrow at 7pm?
Bob: Yes. What's on the agenda?
Sam: It hasn't been finalised yet. I'll let you know nearer the time.

 

[Phaedrus]

All the alternatives given in the responses are grammatically correct but they don't change the fact that, in BrE, it's generally "I'll let you know nearer the time". That works whether the thing under discussion is a date or a time.

I don't know if I've ever heard anyone say that. In American English, it's generally "I'll let you know as the time approaches."

 

[Tdol]

Closer the time would also work for me.