Hi,
Do you find the following sentence all right? Does it sound natural and common?
‘Warranty: 12 months from delivery date, 6 months from actual use date’.
Thank you very much.
It sounds natural, but ommonly most warranties are issued from purchase.
What if the delivery date is the date it’s used?
How do you know when it is actually used?
Oh, I’m not sure how they know when it’s actually used, but this is B2B trading, and the buyer will distribute the products to their retail customers. That’s why there are terms of warranty for actual use.
So what if they distribute the products after, for example, 10 months have passed? Is there still a 6 month warranty even though there are only 2 months left on the ‘from delivery’ warranty?
Or, as I asked originally, what if they distribute it one month after delivery? Are there still eleven months for the warranty or does it default to 6 months because it is being used?
As long as issues like that have been sorted out, then the term is natural and acceptable, but I hope the companies involved have considered such things.
I’m not sure about that. I just do my translation task, but I think the company has its way to measure this warranty stuff 
By the way, what do you think about this:
‘Warranty: 12 months from despatch, 6 months from use’
My friend thinks it’s shorter and better.
Sounds okay.